Woodfordia fruticosa
English: Dhai phul; Fire flame bush; Tatiripoov; Tavi.
Region: Tanzania, Madagascar, Comores, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Myanmar, Bhutan, Indonesia, China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam.
Woodfordia fruticosa
Region: east Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar; E. Asia - Indian subcontinent, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia.
Habitat: open, sunny places; disturbed, well-drained soils, old agricultural land; open waste land, degraded places; frost tolerant; very wind tolerant.
Content: flowers contain about 20% tannins.
Use: tannins, dyes; medicinal; food uses; ornamental; flowers are eaten, for cooling drink; soil-improver; plant for gum, similar to gum tragacanth; flowers for dye; wood for fuel.
Botany
Large shrub; 5 metres tall; long, spreading branches; pioneer species.