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Ixora jucunda

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Ixora jucunda
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora
Species:
I. jucunda
Binomial name
Ixora jucunda
Thwaites

Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

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Large, oval to lanceolate, acute ends.

Trunk

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Branchlets stout with nodal thickenings.

Flowers

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White or pink, sweet-scented, calyx often red; Inflorescenece - large cymes.

Fruits

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Globose berry.

Ecology

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Rain forest understory of wet zone.

Uses

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Ornamental.

References

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  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ixora jucunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32605A9716650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32605A9716650.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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