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Ixora coccinea L.

Synonym: Pavetta coccinea (L.) Blume.

RUBIACEAE

Local Names : തെച്ചി, Flame of the woods , Needle flower, Sacred Ixora.

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Flowering Period : Throughout the year.

Distribution :  Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

Uses:   Ornamental, Sacred Indian Plant.

Exotic : No.

Bushy shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic to oblong, shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, greenish on drying. Corymbs; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet, puberulous without. Stamens attached at throat. Fruit is a Berry.