About Ixora johnsonii
Ixora johnsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Ernakulam District of central Kerala state in southwestern India, where it grows in coastal moist forest. The species was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1880.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora johnsonii
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഇക്സോറ ജോൺസോനി, Ixora johnsonii
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Ixora johnsonii belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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