In Disney’s 2016 film The Jungle Book, what is the name of the fire that animals fear?

In Disney’s 2016 film The Jungle Book, the fire that animals fear is called the Red Flower.

“The Red Flower” is the jungle animals’ term for fire. They treat it as a dangerous human power because it produces heat, light, and destruction. Mowgli’s ability to understand and use human tools makes the Red Flower central to the film’s conflict with Shere Khan.

The expression comes from Kipling’s Mowgli stories, where fire is described through the same metaphor. In the 1967 animated film, the phrase is also used, although the later adaptation presents fire with a more serious and threatening tone.

The Red Flower is not the name of a particular plant or magical object. It is a figurative name for fire, reflecting how the jungle animals perceive something humans control but animals generally do not. This wording is why answers such as “jungle fire” or “flame” are understandable but not the film’s canonical term.