Scientific Name : Ixora coccinea L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A small shrub having branched tap root system. Stem : Herbaceous, aerial, erect, branched, cylindrical, differentiating into nodes and internodes, green. Leaves : Ramal and cauline, simple, opposite decussate, stipulate, sessile, ovate to elliptical, entire, acute, unicostate reticulate venation, green. Inflorescence : Corymbose cyme. Flowers : Bracteate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, tetramerous, epigynous, large, showy, corolla tube very long. Calyx made up of sepals 4, gamosepalous,green, valvate, very short in comparison to corolla. Corolla made up of 4 petals, gamopetalous, twisted, long, slender, corolla tube with abruptly expanded corolla limbs, coloured. Androecium made up of 4 stamens, polyandrous, epipetalous and alternipetalous, anthers sagitate, dithecous, dorsifixed, introrse. Gynoecium composed of bicarpellary, syncarpous, bilocular, two ovules in each locule, axile placentation, style long and passes through the long corolla tube, stigma bilobed and simple. Fruit : A berry. Seeds : Small, endospermic. Flowering and Fruiting Time : Througout the year but best during the rains. Significance :Cultivated in gardens for its beautiful scarlet flowers.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
बकोरा, Jungle Geranium, Ixora
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Synonym(s):
Pavetta coccinea (L.) Blume
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Family:
Rubiaceae
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Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa) -
Created On:
21-08-2022
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Ixora coccinea L.
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