Scientific Name :
Ixora coccinea L.
Synonym :
Ixora grandiflora Ker Gawl.
Ixora lutea Hutch.
Common Name : Flame of the woods, Ixora red, Rugmini
Plant Family : Rubiaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to December
Flower Colour : Red
Description : Height: Upto 1 m
Stem: Glabrous, dense, multibranched, evergreen shrub
Leaves: Oblong, opposite decussate, 5 to 10 cm, sessile, stipulate
Flowers: Buds twisted, gamosepalous, petals 4, stamens 4, epipetalous, anthers sagitate, gynoecium bicarpellary, styles protruding, stigma bilobed
Inflorescence: Corymbose cyme.
Fruits: Berry
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : HN
Distribution Range : W. & S. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Indo-China.
Uses : It is used to treat loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhoea and dysentery, hiccups, fever and gonorrhoea
