Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. ex D. Don

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Ixora finlaysoniana
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. ex G.Don
  • Key identification features : A large shrub. Leaves are obovate, oblanceolate, coriaceous and obtuse at apex. Flowers are white in terminal, short peduncled, corymbose cymes.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-September
  • Native : East Indies
  • Comments : Planted along hedges and in gardens for its showy flowers. Sometimes as an escape.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district) (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the world.
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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 finlaysoniana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Description

Field Images

Comments

All fields are required






 
Creative Commons License
Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in.