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Ixora johnsonii
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora johnsonii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 139. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 630(444). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 212. 1984; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 131.1989; Mathew Dan et al., Rheedea 7:73. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 177. 1998.
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Description:
Small shrubs; stem little or not branched, glabrous. Leaves to 20 x 9 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, green with ashy patches on either sides of midrib above; nerves 10-12 pairs, prominent, looping; petiole 8 mm long. Cymes 5-10 cm across, shortly peduncled or sessile. Flowers densely packed; shortly pedicelled; calyx tube 1.5 mm long, lobes 4.5 x 1 mm, oblong, mucronate; corolla tube slender, lobes 6 x 2.5 mm, ovate, acute; anthers 5 mm long, deeply lobed at base; style 4 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala, Thekkady
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