Ixora jucunda
Species of plant
| Ixora jucunda | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Ixora |
| Species: | I. jucunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Ixora jucunda Thwaites | |
Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. 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.
References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ixora jucunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32605A9716650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32605A9716650.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
Media related to Ixora jucunda at Wikimedia Commons- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
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