Common Name: Jungle Geranium
Vernacular Name: തെറ്റിപൂവ്
Systematic position:
Class- Magnoliopsida
Subclass- Asteridae
Order- Gentianales
Family- Rubiaceae
Genus- Ixora
Species- I. coccinea
Description: Ixora coccinea is a dense, multi-branched evergreen shrub, commonly 4–6 ft in height, but capable of reaching up to 12 ft high. It has a rounded form, with a spread that may exceed its height. The glossy, leathery, oblong leaves are about 4 in long, with entire margins, and are carried in opposite pairs or whorled on the stems. Small tubular, scarlet flowers in dense rounded clusters 2–5 in across are produced almost all year long.
Flowering and Fruiting: Flower very freely in the summer season and rain.
Economic Importance: The flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are used to treat various ailments in the Indian traditional system of medicine, the Ayurveda, and in various folk medicines, in traditional Indian medicine the fusion of juice leaves and the fruit of Ixora coccinea is used to care for dysentery, ulcers and gonorrhea.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora_coccinea