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Ixora thwaitesii
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora thwaitesii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 138. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 175.1989; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25. 1996; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 143. 1999.
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Description:
Large shrubs; young branches glabrous; internodes 1-3 cm long; stipule 6.5 mm long; glabrous on both the surfaces; cusp 4.5 mm long. Leaves opposite, 6-13 x 2.3-3.4 cm, oblanceolate or elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute, opaque, margins usually undulate, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-13 pairs; petiole 7-10 mm long. Cymes pubescent, corymbiform, contracted, dense-flowered, sessile or shortly peduncled; peduncle 5-13 mm long, pubescent; bracts 2-3 mm long, linear-ovate, acute, pubescent. Flowers to 45 per head, sessile or pedicelled; pedicel 1-1.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent; bracteole 1.9 mm long, linear, pubescent. Calyx-tube 1.1-1.5 mm long, glabrous; lobes 1.4-1.5 mm long, triangular, acute, longer than the tube, glabrous. Corolla-tube 26-30 mm long, glabrous; lobes 6-6.5 x 3 mm, obovate-oblong, glabrous. Staminal filaments 1 mm long; anthers 4 mm long. Style 27-33 mm long, glabrous; stigmatic arms 2.5-3 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South 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):
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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:
Sairandhri
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