About Black Ixora
Ixora nigricans, or black ixora, is a plant growing up to a height of 5 metres (16 ft). It is found as common undergrowth in evergreen forests to dry evergreen forests up to 1,900 m (6,230 ft). Black ixora is found in throughout the forests of the Western Ghats of India.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora nigricans
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malayan region
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಅಡಯಾಲ Adayala, ಕೆವಲ, ಕೇವಲ Kevala
- Malayalam
- Cherukuravu, ചെറുകുറവ്
- Marathi
- काटकुडा Katkuda, काटकुडा
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Black Ixora belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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