Understorey trees in disturbed evergreen to semievergreen forests up to 1400 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ixora arnottiana Miq. ex Hook.f. |
| synonym | Ixora obtusata Miq. ex Hook.f. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Evergreen trees, to 8 m high, bark smooth, greyish-brown; blaze pink; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule 4-4.5 mm x 5-6 mm, interpetiolar, apex acute; petiole 5-20 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 7.5-20 x 3-7 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obovate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base attenuate, acute or cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-20, pinnate, very slender; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, small, sessile, in terminal, long peduncle, bracteate, panicled cyme; peduncles and pedicels puberulus; calyx tube minute, 4 teethed, membranous; corolla tube 6 mm long, slender, lobes 4, oblong, recurved; stamens 4, attached to the mouth of corolla tube; anthers sagitate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules one in each cell; style filiform; stigma bifid. Fruit berry, red-purple, 5 mm across, globose, glabrous; pyrenes planoconvex.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Fruiting branch
Flowering branch
Fruit insertion
Habit
Small trees, up to 7 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark brownish, scaly when mature; blaze pinkish.
Branchlets
Young branchlets quadrangular, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule broadly ovate, interpetiolar, to 0.5 cm long, glabrous; petiole 0.4-1.2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 8-18 x 3.4-6.8 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, apex obtuse to subacute, base attenuate to cuneate or acute, margin entire or slightly undulate, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves ca. 12 pairs; tertiary broadly reticulate.
Flowers
Inflorescence panicled cyme, terminal; flowers small, sessile, white, fragrant.
Fruit& seed
Berry, globose, 0.6 cm long, reddish when ripe; seeds 2.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey trees in disturbed evergreen to semievergreen forests up to 1400 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous Forests. Endemic to Western Ghats
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen forests and sacred groves
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kasargod, Kollam, Kottayam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic to the Western Ghats- throughout
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Western Ghats
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Ixora brachiata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 488. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 142. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 211. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 195. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 219. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 195. 1989; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 161.1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 234. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 176. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 225. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 155. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 330. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 176. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 151. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 324. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 255. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 421. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Ixora brachiata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 488. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 142. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 211. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 195. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 219. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 195. 1989; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 161.1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 234. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 176. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 225. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 155. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 330. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 176. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 151. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 324. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 255. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 421. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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Journal of Threatened TaxaPlant species composition on two rock outcrops from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Ixora |
| Species | Ixora brachiata Roxb. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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