''Ixora jucunda'' is a
species
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of
flowering plant
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in the
family
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Rubiaceae. It is
endemic
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to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
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
External links
*
World Checklist of Rubiaceae
jucunda
Flora of Sri Lanka
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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