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Ixora polyantha
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora polyantha Wight, Ic. t. 1066. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 140. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 629(444). 1921; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 196. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 222. 1988; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 137.1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 235. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 256. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 424. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kalingi, Kattuchethi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout undershrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, 10-20 by 5-8 cm, obovate to broadly oblanceate, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, thin-coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs; petiole 4-8 mm long. Cymes dense, shortly peduncled, 6-8 cm in diameter. Flowers numerous in trichasia, sessile; bracts 5-8 mm long, ovate, acute.Calyx densely hairy, lobes elliptic-lanceate to oblong-lanceate, ca 6 mm long, much longer than the ovary. Corolla white, tube 2.5-3 cm long, lobes narrowly obovate, obtuse or rounded, glabrous. Berry globose, c. 15 mm diam.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ranni, Maniyaar, Kannoth, Panathur, Parappa, Taliparamba, Kottur R.F., Maloth
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