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Ixora coccinea
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora coccinea L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 145. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 147. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 212. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 195. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 220. 1988; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 83.1989; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 195. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 334. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 234. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 330. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 324. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 255. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 356. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 421. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chethi, Shekki, Kattuchethi, Thechi, Thetti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Flame of the woods, Jungle flame ixora, Needle flower, Sacred Ixora
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Description:
Bushy shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves simple, opposite, 6-10 x 2.5-3 cm, elliptic to oblong, shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, sessile, greenish on drying. Corymbs 5-8 cm across; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx tube 0.18-0.2 cm long, puberulous without; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet; tube 3-3.5 cm long, puberulous without; lobes 0.8-1 x 0.4-0.5 cm. Stamens attached at throat; anthers 0.3-0.35 cm long. Ovary 0.1-0.2 cm across; style 3-3.5 cm long, exserted. Berry 0.6-0.8 cm diam., didymous; seeds 2, globose, 0.3-0.4 cm diam.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
In the plains, also grown in homesteads
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ezhimala, Kuruva Island, Tiruvalla, Parappa, Periyarum, Olavakkot, Kasaragod, Vandanam, Nedumkayam, Chathankode, Bonaccord
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