About Ixora lawsonii
Ixora lawsonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a small tree native to the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala in southwestern India, where it grows in submontane evergreen moist forest.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora lawsonii
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and shola forests Key identification features : A small tree with very congested villous inflorescence on linear calyx lobes; leaves coriaceous, rounded at base, shiny above
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഇക്സോറ ലോസോനി, Ixora lawsonii
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Ixora lawsonii belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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