✿Rubiaceae · Ixora
Ixora monticola
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora monticola
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Meghalaya, Telangana, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Mizoram, Bihar, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Puducherry, Delhi, Tripura, Haryana, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh
- Conservation status
- VU
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ixora monticola itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ixora monticola itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- காஃபி குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- రూబియేసి
- Malayalam
- റുബിയേസീ
About Ixora monticola
Ixora monticola belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 32 other states.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Ixora monticola belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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