English Name: Fire bush
Malayalam Name:
Botanical Name: Hamelia patens Jacq.
Family: Rubiaceae
Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year
Description: Woody evergreen shrub. Tropical America native; cultivated throughout the tropics. Leaves are elliptic-ovate and arranged in whorls. Helicoid cyme with red flowers. Commonly used as a garden ornament due to its nectariferous flowers, which attract birds, butterflies, and other insects.