Ixora jucunda
Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
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| Ixora jucunda Thwaites | |
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.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ixora jucunda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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