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Ixora chinensis
Ixora chinensis
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Ixora chinensis
Lam.
Common Name :
Scarlet Ixora, Flame Tree of Woods, Bakora, Ishvaku
Plant Family :
Rubiaceae
Plant Form :
Shrub
Occurrence (Sectors) :
15, 21, 28
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Aranya Van
About Ixora chinensis Plant :
Habit :
A small shrub.
Leaves :
Sessile, opposite, elliptic, ovate or obovate, with a sharp point, cordate at base, coriaceous, stipules interpetiolar, triangular, awned.
Flowers :
Incompact corymbs with two small, leaf-like bracts.
Individual flowers with 2 bracteoles at the base.
Calyx-teeth 4, triangular, acute, reddish at the tips.
Corolla salver-shaped with a slender-tube and 4 spreading, ovate, acute lobes, twisted in bud, bright scarlet in colour.
Stamens 4, on short filaments attached to the throat, alternate with the corolla lobes.
Ovary inferior, 2-celled,stylefiliform, stigma fusiform.
Fruit :
Globose, berry.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
Throughout the year but at its best during the rains.
Significance :
Commonly cultivated in the gardens for its beautiful and handsome scarlet flowers.