About Torch Tree
Ixora pavetta, the torch tree, is a plant in the family Rubiaceae. This species is found in South Asia. The species is commonly seen in Ballari district of Karnataka, India. People use the branches of this tree for making walls and paste with mud for their thatched huts in villages, but now this practice has become obsolete owing to modern housing materials. Summer is the fruiting season and the fruits are globose, 2-seeded, become black when ripened. Indian sloth bears eat the fruits and the seeds are dispersed through its scat. It is a shrub or small tree native to South Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the Nicobar Islands.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ixora pavetta
- Genus
- Ixora
- Family
- RUBIACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Torch Tree belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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