Ixora jucunda

Ixora jucunda
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Ixora
Species:	I. jucunda
Binomial name
	Ixora jucunda; Thwaites

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Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

Large, oval to lanceolate, acute ends.

Trunk

Branchlets stout with nodal thickenings.

Flowers

White or pink, sweet-scented, calyx often red; Inflorescenece - large cymes.

Fruits

Globose berry.

Ecology

Rain forest understory of wet zone.

Uses

Ornamental.

References

^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ixora jucunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32605A9716650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32605A9716650.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

External links

Media related to Ixora jucunda at Wikimedia Commons
World Checklist of Rubiaceae

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[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ixora jucunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32605A9716650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32605A9716650.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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