Ixora nigricans R. Br. ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Ixora nigricans
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Key identification features : A large shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute . Flowers white in sessile or peduncled brachiate cymes. Drupe is globose or didymous.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : April-May
  • Comments : Less common in the hills of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malaya
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • 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 nigricans. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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