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Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.
Synonym
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Ixora
nigricans var. arguta
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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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December-March
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in Kerala
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Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Idukki,
Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Evergreen
and semi-evergreen forests
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Uses
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The
leaves are used to treat dysentery.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Shrubs,
glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 13 x 4 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate,
long-acuminate, attenuate at base; nerves 8-10 pairs, reticulate; petiole 1
cm long; stipule 7 mm long, ovate, acuminate. Cymes 10 cm across; peduncles
4-6 cm long. Flowers pedicelled, many. Calyx 2.5 mm long, lobes 1.5 mm long,
acuminate. Corolla tube 11 mm long, slender; lobes 5 x 2 mm, ovate, acute.
Style 16 mm long.
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