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Ixora lanceolaria
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora lanceolaria Colebr. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 397. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 138. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 630(444). 1921.
Ixora leucantha Heyne ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 572. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 630(444). 1921; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 195. 1989; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 142.1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 335. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 331. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 255. 2005.
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Description:
Slender erect shrubs. Leaves opposite, 2-22 x 1.5-4 cm, long acuminate at apex, obtuse at base; stipules triangular with subulate tip, 0.5-0.6 cm long. Corymbs flacid, few-flowered; bracts and bracteoles 0.2-0.25 cm long, subulate. Calyx campanulate; tube 0.2-0.25 cm long; lobes 0.3-0.35 cm long. Corolla greenish white; tube 1.6-2 cm long; lobes lanceolate, 0.4-0.5 cm long, curled and recurved. Stamens attached between lobes at throat of tube. Ovary and style glabrous. Fruit 8 x 10 mm, red on ripening.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-July
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District(s):
Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
In the plains
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
White, Green
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Adoor, Machiri
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