Ixora jucunda

Ixora jucunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Ixoreae
Genus: Ixora
Species: I. jucunda
Binomial name
Ixora jucunda
Thwaites

Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. 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.

Sources

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