Trees & Plants

Jungle flame Ixora

Kudhiraiy maa

Ixora coccinea L.

Common in homesteads as well as in natural habitats An ornamental plant. The plant possesses antioxidative, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, antidiarrheal and antineoplastic properties. The roots are useful in cough, fever, gonorrhea, anorexia, diarrhea, dysentery, sores, chronic

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uses: An ornamental plant. The plant possesses antioxidative, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, antidiarrheal and antineoplastic properties. The roots are useful in cough, fever, gonorrhea, anorexia, diarrhea, dysentery, sores, chronic ulcers and skin diseases. The flowers are a remedy for dysentery, dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, haemoptysis, at opthalmopathy, sores and ulcers. at 2,
family: Rubiaceae
synonym: Ixora bandhuca Roxb., Pavetta incarnata Blume
description: Bushy shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves simple, opposite, Th × 6-10 2.5-3 cm, elliptic to oblong, shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, sessile, greenish on drying. Corymbs 5-8 cm across; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx tube 0.18-0.2 cm long, puberulous without; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet; tube 3-3.5 cm long, puberulous without; lobes × 0.8-1 0.4-0.5 cm. Stamens attached at throat; anthers 0.3-0.35 cm long. Ovary 0.1- 0.2 cm across; style 3-3.5 cm long, exserted. Berry 0.6-0.8 cm diam., didymous; seeds 2, globose, 0.3-0.4 cm diam.
native range: South India and Sri Lanka
distribution: Widely cultivated in Indo- Malaysia and South Florida (USA)
english names: Jungle flame Ixora · Needle Th flower · Sacred Ixora
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Common in homesteads as well as in natural habitats