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Ixora pavetta
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora pavetta Andr., Bot. Repos. t. 78. 1799; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 222. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 151. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 152. 2002.
Ixora arborea Roxb. ex Smith in Rees, Cyclop. 19: n. 5. 1811; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 155.1989.
Ixora parviflora Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3:11. t.52.1794, non Lam. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:142.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Soochimulla, Naichullungu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Torch tree, Small flowered Ixora
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 10 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, dark brown; blaze pink; branchlets woody. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, ovate-acuminate; petiole 4-8 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 6-14 cm x 3.5-7.5 cm, obovate, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate-oblong, base subcordate, obtuse or round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, thick coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, pinnate, very slender, prominent beneath; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual 5-6 mm long, white, in terminal panicles; calyx truncate, 4 teethed, teeth minute; corolla tube 6 mm long, lobes 4, 4 x 2 mm, oblong, recurved; stamens 4, attached to the mouth of corolla; anthers sagittate; ovary 1.7 mm, 2-celled, inferior, ovule one in each cell; style exserted; stigma bifid. Fruit a berry, 5-6 mm across, globose, succulent, black, pyrenes 2, planoconvex.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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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):
White
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Sivapura, Kuchimudi, Ambayathode, Nedumpoyil
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