Ixora coccinea L.
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| Family: | RUBIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Flame of the Woods | ||||
| Synonym: | Pavetta coccinea (L.)Blume | ||||
| Common Name: | Needle flower, Sacred Ixora | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | India, Sri Lanka | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown in gardens | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental, Ayurvedic, sacred Indian Plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Ixora coccinea are bushy shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic to oblong, shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, greenish on drying. Corymbs; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet, puberulous without. Stamens attached at throat. Fruit is a Berry. | ||||