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Ixora notoniana
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora notoniana Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 571. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:139.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 630(444).1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 221. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 134. 1988; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 170.1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 175. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 67. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 151. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 423. 2009.
Ixora saulierei Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 247. 1920 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 630(445). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Iramburippi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees. Leaves to 16 x 7 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex obtuse or acute, slightly mucronate, shining above, nerves impressed above; petiole to 1.5 cm. Corymbs axillary; pedicel to 4 cm; calyx teeth 1 mm, triangular. Berry 4 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Karivepinshola, Munnar, Damsite, Punnamala, Kannoth, Ettapadappu
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