Woodfordia fruticosa(L.) Kurz

WFO wfo-0001075906 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Abhinav Thakur
fig. a Abhinav Thakur, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-10 / obs. 187244350
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184469121
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. c Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112037410
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 60180473
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45390904
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 60144543
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135007404
Woodfordia fruticosa, photographed by Ameet Mandavia
fig. h Ameet Mandavia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15025282

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Woodfordia fruticosa is native: Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, China South-Central, China Southeast, Saudi Arabia, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya MadagascarTanzaniaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastSaudi ArabiaAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Comoros
Native distribution of Woodfordia fruticosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Comoros COM AFRICA
Madagascar MDG
Tanzania TAN
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Saudi Arabia SAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span.
  • Grislea punctata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
  • Grislea tomentosa Roxb.
  • Lythrum fruticosum L.
  • Lythrum hunteri DC.
  • Lythrum punctatum Span.
  • Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.
  • Woodfordia fruticosa f. genuina Kurz ex Koehne
  • Woodfordia fruticosa var. punctata Blume
  • Woodfordia tomentosa Bedd.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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