Ixora coccinea L., Sp. Pl. 110 1753. (Syn: Ixora arborea Lodd. [Invalid]; Ixora bandhuca Roxb.; Ixora chelsonii Van Geert; Ixora coccinea var. aureorosea Corner; Ixora coccinea var. bandhuca (Roxb.) Kurz; Ixora coccinea var. decolorans Corner; Ixora coccinea var. hermannii Fosberg & Sachet;; Ixora coccinea var. intermedia Fosberg & Sachet; Ixora coccinea var. linneana Kurz; Ixora coccinea f. lutea (Hutch.) Fosberg & Sachet; Ixora coccinea var. lutea (Hutch.) Corner; Ixora coccinea var. rosea Corner; Ixora eekhautii Gentil; Ixora flora-lutea Dreer; Ixora fraseri Gentil; Ixora grandiflora Ker Gawl.; Ixora incarnata (Blume) DC. [Illegitimate]; Ixora lutea Hutch.; Ixora montana Lour.; Ixora morsei Gentil; Ixora obovata B.Heyne ex Roth; Ixora profusa Van Geert; Ixora propinqua R.Br. ex G.Don; Ixora purpurea Fisch. ex Loud.; Ixora radiata var. thomeana K.Schum.; Ixora shawii J.Neumann [Invalid]; Ixora thomeana (K.Schum.) G.Taylor; Pavetta bandhuca Miq.; Pavetta incarnata Blume; Pavetta rubra Noronha); W. & S. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Indo-China as per WCSP; Andaman Is.; Bangladesh; Belize; Borneo; Cambodia; Colombia; Costa Rica; East
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Vietnam; Western Australia as per Catalogue of life; iks-OR-uh -- named after Iswara Malabar deity kok-SIN-ee-uh -- scarlet commonly known as: ixora, jungle geranium, West Indian jasmine • Bengali: rookmini • Hindi: rajana, rangan, रुगमिनी rugmini • Kannada: gudde dosal, kepala, kisukare • Konkani: patkali, podkali • Malayalam: chethi, thechi, thetti • Marathi: बकोरा bakora, पेंडगूळ pendgul • Oriya: bondhuko, romoniphulo • Sanskrit: बन्धूक bandhuka, bandhujivaka, ईश्वर ishwara • Tamil: வெட்சி vetchi • Telugu: మనమధబానం manmadhabanam, రామబాణము ramabanamu Native to: India, Sri Lanka Characterized by sessile oblong leaves up to 10 cm long, obtuse or mucronate; flowers bright scarlet with nearly 4-5 cm long corolla tube, acute corolla lobes 8-10 mm long. The species is widely cultivated and comes in a variety of colours but can be easily recognised by its smaller habit, sessile almost clasping oblong leaves baring reaching 10 cm, and flowers with corolla lobes usually less than 10 mm long. Rubiaceae Week:: Ixora coccinea at Nagla sector SGNP: Came across this Shrub with flowers & Fruits at Nagla sector of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
Ixora coccinea f. lutea (Hutch.) Fosberg & Sachet, Baileya 23 (2): 79, 1989 syn: Ixora lutea (Hutch.) Evergreen shrub up to 1.3 m tall; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, up to 10 cm long, cordate or slightly amplexicaule at baseobtuse or mucronate, lateral veins 8-15 pairs; flowers yellows (in this form) in 5-10 cm wide corymbose cymes on very short peduncle; pedicel almost absent; bracts 6-8 mm long; calyx teeth minute, corolla tube 25-40 mm long, lobes 8-10 mm long, acute; stamens 4 with short filaments, anthers falling early; style exserted; fruit globose, red when ripe. The species is widely cultivated and comes in a variety of colours but can be easily recognised by its smaller habit, sessile almost clasping oblong leaves baring reaching 10 cm, and flowers with corolla lobes usually less than 10 mm long. This yellow variety (now relegated to form) earlier uploaded by me as var. flava (which does not seem to have been a published name) has wider corolla lobes than typical and more fuller flowers. Photographed from Khalsa College, Delhi Ornamental Ixora for identification :: 181213MK001 : Attachments (6). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help me in identifying this ornamental Ixora species of Rubiaceae. Leaf: 10-12 cm long Flower: 5cm long Habitat: Garden Place: Ramanathapuram town, TN Date: 10 Dec 2013 Re: Ixora lutea : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). While trying to find the correct name for my Yellow Ixora, I came across two posts by you, with the same pictures, but different names. Could you kindly let me know the right one. 1) Ixora coccinea f. lutea 2) Ixora coccinea var. flava Pictures in both posts are the same. Correct name is Ixora coccinea (Cultivated) Thanks a lot ... for a quick response. Konkan, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this shrub :: 11JUN014 :: ARK-22 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Requesting to please ID this shrub captured near Devgad, Maharashtra in May 2014. Is this Ixora coccinea? The fruits can be eaten... Yes This is Ixora coccineaBND 1 31/10/14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Please ID this small herbaceous ornamental plant with pink flowers. Flora of Madh: Ixora coccinea L. - Flowers, Fruit, Leaves : VG-APR-22 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Ixora coccinea is one of the dominant shrubs of the understorey on Madh Hill. Sharing some pictures of the scarlet buds & flowers, the ripe fruit, and the leaves. Photographed on Madh Hill (North Mumbai) in March 2015. its fruiting already? i must go and check the one plant of ixora I know that fruits in the southern delta... SK1238 27 JUNE 2018 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Location: Sevok, WB, India Date: 18 May 2018 Altitude: 700 ft. Habit : Cultivated Ixora by any chance. I also guessed so. Shall check. Pl. check Ixora coccinea L. as per comparative images at Ixora Some hybrid Ixora. I guess matching with Ixora coccinea L.. Ixora-flower-and-fruit-030711MN: Sending photo of Ixora flower and fruit. This is a wild type growing near a temple in Kerala. I consider this red flower to be from the Rubiaceae family Ixora, Jungle geranium, Ixora coccinea Yes Ixora coccinea Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Kukke, Dakshina Kanada, Western ghats Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden, Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Shrub Height/Length-approx - 4 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Elliptic,Opposite, 9cms approx, Inflorescence Type/ Size- Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-3cms approx, Red Rain drops prettily perched from Kukke -#1 - IDreq-15JulAR01: Rain drops prettily perched from Kukke - IDreq-15JulAR01 Date/Time-08 Nov 2010 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Kukke, Dakshina Kanada, Western ghats Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden, Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Shrub Height/Length-approx - 4 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Elliptic, 10cms, Inflorescence Type/ Size- Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-3-4cms approx, Red Flora of Panipat; Ixora coccinea from arya PG College campus Panipat Haryana: Ixora coccinea dwarf double petaled variety from Arya PG College Campus pics on 18-6-11 Ixora coccinea from Dakpathar: Ixora coccinea L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753. Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 375. 1820 syn: Ixora bandhuca Roxb.; Ixora grandiflora Ker; Ixora incarnata DC. Common names: Jungle Geranium, flame-of-the-woods Hindi and Beng: Rookmini, rajana Mar: Pendgul, bakora Tel: Koranam, mankana Tam: Chetti, kullal, vedchi Mal: Thechii, thetti Kan: Kepala, kisukare After a long search for nearly 3 years I think I am able to hunt out the typical specimen of this species characterized by sessile oblong leaves up to 10 cm long, obtuse or mucronate; flowers bright scarlet with nearly 4-5 cm long corolla tube, acute corolla lobes 8-10 mm long. Photographed from garden of Dakpathar rest house on September 16, 2011. The genus Ixora is often much confused and poorly understood in our databases. Ixora chinensis at FOI I think is Ixora finlaysiana, I. chinensis has shorter corolla tube, and broader obtuse corolla lobes Ixora coccinea (Red) and I. coccinea (yellow) of FOI may be I. chinensis as they have distinctly narrowed leaves and obtuse corolla lobes Rain drops prettily perched - IDreq-15JulAR02 from Kukke: Date/Time-08 Nov 2010 07:50AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Kukke, Dakshina Kanada, Western ghats Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden, P lant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub Height/Length-approx - 3-4 feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Elliptic, 12cms approx, Inflorescence Type/ Size- Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-2.5cms approx, Red dwarf pink Ixora coccinea: Please read this post along with "dwarf red Ixora coccinea" and "dwarf yellow Ixora coccinea". Species : Ixora coccinea L. Variety : Dwarf pink, possible called "petite" variety Habit : plant height - 2 ft. approx, leaves densely packed, sessile, avg. leaf length - 4 cm, corolla tube - 2.5 cm Habitat : garden, cultured variety Date : 21-05-12, 12.25 p.m. Place : Hooghly, WB Rubiaceae Week : Ixora sp. Hooghly (WB): I do hereby attach images of Ixora sp. for the theme of the month - Rubiaceae. We call this plant RANGAN in Bengali. Besides its ornamental use and its medicinal properties it is also a host plant of the Monkey Puzzle (Rathinda amor) butterfly. I also attach two photos featuring the butterfly one of which displays an egg (the white spot in the middle of the inflorescence) of the butterfly. I would also like to add that ... of 'ButterflyIndia' (facebook) group helped me identify the egg of the same butterfly in the related photograph. Further, mango trees are also host of this butterfly. Species : Ixora sp. ( Ixora coccinea ? ) Butterfly species : Rathinda amor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathinda_amor) Date : 07/02/2012 & 17/11/2011 (showing butterfly) Place : Gobra (Hooghly District), West Bengal Habit : Shrub Habitat : Garden This is dwarf red Ixora coccinea L., possible "petite" variety. Please see efi thread dwarf red Ixora coccinea: Over the past 2 or 3 years i am watching these Ixora(s). There are red, pink and yellow varieties. These species are much smaller than other I. coccinea, never attaining a height of more than 3 feet. Species : Ixora coccinea L. Variety : Dwarf Red, possibly called "petite" variety Habit : plant height - 2 ft. approx, leaves densely packed, sessile, avg. leaf length - 4 cm, corolla tube - 2.5 cm Habitat : garden, cultured variety Date : 21-05-12, 12.21 p.m. Place : Hooghly, WB Related links : 1) http://www.rockledgegardens.com/pdf/ixora.pdf 2) http://stuartxchange.org/Santan.html 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora_coccinea This also gives answer to long pending ID of my Rubiaceae Week : Ixora sp. Hooghly (WB). For yellow variety please see efi thread For pink variety please see efi thread Please read this post along with the "dwarf red Ixora coccinea". Species : Ixora coccinea L. Variety : Dwarf yellow, possible called "petite" variety Habit : plant height - 2 ft. approx, leaves densely packed, sessile, avg. leaf length - 4 cm, corolla tube - 2.5 cm Habitat : garden, cultured variety Date : 21-05-12, 12.21 p.m. Place : Hooghly, WB For pink variety, please see efi thread efi thread Ixora coccinea var. flava from Delhi: Ixora coccinea var. flava The yellow flowered variety photographed from Khalsa College Garden in Delhi lovely, wonder if its a variety that does well in hot moist climate of Bengal? I could not find Ixora coccinea var. flava either in the Plant List or at GRIN: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Ixora+coccinea+var.+flava+ Could you pl. clarify it ? The var. is based on Ixora flava Lodd ex G. Don, a name missing in The Plant List like many other names But it is also true that this as well as similar var. lutea have no formal recognition and at the most can be labelled as Ixora coccinea "Yellow" Ixora coccinea L. iks-OR-uh -- named after Iswara Malabar deity kok-SIN-ee-uh -- scarlet Apr 3, 2011 ... at Bajpe near Mangalore, Karnataka commonly known as: ixora, jungle geranium, West Indian jasmine • Bengali: rookmini • Hindi: rajana, rangan, रुगमिनी rugmini • Kannada: gudde dosal, kepala, kisukare • Konkani: patkali, podkali • Malayalam: chethi, thechi, thetti • Marathi: बकोरा bakora, पेंडगूळ pendgul • Oriya: bondhuko, romoniphulo • Sanskrit: बन्धूक bandhuka, bandhujivaka, ईश्वर ishwara • Tamil: வெட்சி vetchi • Telugu: మనమధబానం manmadhabanam, రామబాణము ramabanamu Native to: India, Sri Lanka Reference: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar more views: Apr 3, 2011 ... at Bajpe near Mangalore, Karnataka Sep 30, 2007 ... at Nagla block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai Good set of pictures. Good catch indeed. I wonder how come such a beautiful plant occurs naturally at many places in Konkan and Western ghats....Yes it does attract ones attention when one spots it by roadside just everywhere esp in Konkan my belief: it is thoroughly a native of Western Ghats besides other parts of southern India and Sri Lanka. Requires validation; my belief could be wrong. I meant to say...I am sure of this being native. I wonder about the nature which gives such a beautiful colour to the flowers amongst the otherwise dull not so colourful habitat. Agreed ... Indeed you had expressed it correctly earlier. Date : March 2009 Habitat : Cultivated The Red ixora red flowers are found blooming everywhere in the garden and the large southern wing butterflies attracted by this plant seem to abound. Southern bird wing [Troides Minos] is the largest butterfly in South India Ixora coccinea Haldipura, Uttara Kannada Habitat: Home garden, Western ghats fringes Oct 2010 Beautiful picture. The butterfly is endemic to the Peninsular India. Rubiaceae Week: Ixora coccinea from Dombivli: Sending photo of Ixora growing in our balcony garden. Rubiaceae Week: Ixora coccinea from Arya PG College Campus Panipat: Ixora coccinea dwarf double petaled variety from Arya PG College Campus Some more pics of a different cultivar pls validate Many thanks ... for showing double petaled cultivar of Ixora. Never had imagined or seen Ixora to have such cultivar. Location: Chumlingtar, Chitwan, Nepal Date: 06 October 2018 Elevation: 1000 ft. Which Ixora ?? Please check images and details at To me appears close. I guess Ixora coccinea is correct.
Ixora Species : Muscat : 12OCT19 : AK-14 : 12 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5) You were reviewing Ixora Species recently. I couldn't resist posting these. Clicked yesterday morning in Muscat. It was in full bloom, you could hardly see the leaves. Ixora chinensis 'Prince of Orange' ?? May not even be ixora chenensis. look at the petal shape, (rounded ends Top tropical photos versus pointed one this case) number of petals (four in top tropical versus five here) at https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/ixora_chinensis.htm need to go thru the taxonomic tree at http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116686 size estimation would have helped of leaves, corolla tubes etc May be some cultivar of Ixora coccinea L. as per comparative images and keys at Ixora Pl. check. yes this is Ixora coccinea Our ornamental expert, thanks for validating … suggested id. Fruit for id pl. Location -Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) Date - Feb. 2013 Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy ? I don't think so. Because in Maharashtra we use this Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy daily in cooking. It's vernacular name is 'Kokum' ( कोकम) and it looks quite different. Ixora coccinea Yes. … is correct. Thanks … This is a very common flowering plant available in all nurseries. Even I have 2-3 different colours of Ixora. But had never seen it's fruits. Thanks ... Rarely fruits are seen. I have seen them. References: |