Ixora jucunda
| Ixora jucunda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Ixoreae |
| Genus: | Ixora |
| Species: | I. jucunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Ixora jucunda Thwaites | |
Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
large, oval to lanceolate, acute ends.
Trunk
branchlets stout with nodal thickenings.
Flowers
white or pink, sweet-scented, calyx often red; Inflorescenece - large cymes.
Fruits
globose berry.
Ecology
rain forest understory of wet zone.
Uses
ornamental.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ixora jucunda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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