Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Ixora

Characteristics

A large shrub. It grows 5 m tall. The small branches are smooth and rounded or flattened. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are narrowly oval with long pointed tips. The flowers are in groups at the ends of the branches. The flowers are small and white and have a scent. They are star shaped. The fruit is a round berry with 2 seeds.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests on fertile soils and in dry evergreen forests up to 1,900 m above sea level.
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Evergreen forests at elevations up to 800 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit have been recorded as eaten. This may not be correct.
Uses food medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Antiviral agents (aerial part), Central nervous system depressants (aerial part), Parasympatholytics (aerial part), Anthelmintics (flower), Constipation (flower), Anthelmintics (leaf), Constipation (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Dysentery (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Antiviral agents (whole plant excluding root), Central nervous system diseases (whole plant excluding root)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds and also cuttings and air-layering.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

Ixora nigricans unspecified picture

Distribution

Ixora nigricans world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754259-1
WFO ID wfo-0000218795
COL ID 6NDQN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ixora nigricans Pavetta erubescens Ixora arguta Ixora erubescens Ixora memecylifolia Ixora plumea Ixora affinis Ixora affinis var. arguta Ixora affinis var. plumea Ixora nigricans var. arguta Ixora nigricans var. erubrescens Ixora nigricans var. ovalis Ixora densa