Lohajangin / Small-Flowered Ixora
Ixora arborea
Also known as Torch Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- January-October
How to identify Lohajangin
Identify Lohajangin by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grows as a small tree (torch tree).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lohajangin.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora arborea
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Rajasthan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Tripura, Odisha, Bihar, Chandigarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Jharkhand, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lohajangin itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lohajangin itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jilpai, kotagandhal, लोहाजंगिन Lohajangin, मशाल का झाड़ Mashal-ka-jhar
- Kannada
- ಗೊರವಿ Goravi, ಗೊರಜೆ Goraje, ಕೊರವಿ Koravi
- Konkani
- Kurati
- Malayalam
- Soochimulla
- Marathi
- गोरवीकटगी goravikatagi, माकडी maakadi, रायकुरा raikura
- Sanskrit
- Nemali, Nevali
- Tamil
- சுளுந்து culuntu, கோரான் koran
About Lohajangin
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Small-flowered Ixora (Ixora arborea) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 26 other states. It grows in dry and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Lohajangin belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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