Ixora coccinea Linn (Rubiaceae), a small shrub cultivated throughout India, has been reported to possess a number of medicinal properties. It has traditionally been used for the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery. However the claims of Ayurveda have to be validated by suitable experimental models.
Ixora is a genus of ca. 400 species in the family Rubiaceae, mainly distributing in tropical Asia, Africa and Oceania, with 19 species being endemic to South China [1]. The plants of the genus usually have small beautiful flowers, being easily cultured as common roadside and garden trees. The