Ixora coccinea L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Ixora coccinea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ixora coccinea L.
  • Common name : Red Ixora, Jungle 'Geranium', Flame of the woods, Sacred Ixora
  • Vernacular name : Rangan, Rugmini (Hin.); Kiskara, Kepala (Kan.); Puttapala chettu (Tel.); Paaranti (San.)
  • Key identification features : A much branched shrub. Leaves are sessile, oblong or elliptic. Flowers are bright-scarlet. Drupe is globose, red. Seeds are planoconvex.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Brought into gardens from wild. Now widely cultivated in other tropics. 'The flowers are used in treatment of ulcers'- K.G.Bhat (pers. commun.)
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • World Distribution : Peninsular India; Cultivated in most parts of the world.
  • Literature : R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Ixora coccinea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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