Ixora alba L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ixora alba L.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Rare in forest areas
  • Key identification features : Leaves elliptic, apex acute, base narrowed; stipules broad. Flowers white, in cymes, much divided, towards ends of branches, pedicelled; bracts lower most pair embracing base of common peduncle, cordate, rest gradually decreasing in size.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-February
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp. 139. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ixora alba. Downloaded on 11 November 2024.

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