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Ixora malabarica (Dennst.)Mabb.
Synonym
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Chiococca malabarica
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Family
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Rubiaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam- Cherukuravu,
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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October-March
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Distribution
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Southern Western Ghats
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred
groves
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IUCN Status
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VU
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Uses
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Ixora species are used as garden plant. In
traditional medicine,
e.g. as an astringent and to treat dysentery and tuberculosis.
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Key botanical characters:
Slender erect shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, , lanceolate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Cymes corymbiform,
flacid, few-flowered. Bracts and bracteoles 2-2.5 mm long, subulate. Calyx
campanulate; lobes 3-3.5 mm long. Corolla greenish yellow; tube 1.6-2 cm
long; lobes 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, curled and recurved. Stamens attached
between corolla lobes at throat of tube. Berry 1 cm across, subglobose.
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