About Rosy Ixora
Ixora elongata, the rosy ixora, is a small tree endemic to the Western Ghats of India. They are found as undergrowth in evergreen to dry evergreen and semi-evergreen forests between 300 and 900 m.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora elongata
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kattuthechi, റോസ് ചെത്തി
- Marathi
- Gulab Kuda
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Rosy Ixora belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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