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Ixora coccinea L.
Synonym
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Ixora
coccinea var. aureorosea
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Family
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Rubiaceae
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Local name
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English - Flame of the woods
Malayalam
- Chethi, Shekki
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Flowering and fruiting period
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Throughout
the year
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Distribution
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Peninsular
India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution in Kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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In the
plains, also grown in homesteads
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Uses
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An
infusion of the leaves or flowers is administered to treat fever, headache
and colic.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Bushy
shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-oblong,
shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, sessile. Corymbs
5-8 cm across; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx tube 0.18-0.2 cm long,
puberulous without; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet. Stamens attached at
throat; anthers 0.3-0.35 cm long. Ovary 0.1-0.2 cm across; style 3-3.5 cm
long, exserted. Berry, didymous; seeds 2, globose.
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