Mazhar Botanic Garden

Ixora coccinea L.

West Indian jasmine

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora
Species: coccinea
Sample code: EGY-MBG-001151
English name: West Indian jasmine
Native: Southern India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Country: Bangladesh India
(PGR): Common

Evergreen shrub , multi-branched, grow 15-2 m high leaves leathery oblong about 10 cm long flowers small tubular scarlet in dense rounded clusters

used in warm climates for hedges and screens, foundation plantings, massed in flowering beds, or grown as a specimen shrub or small tree. The flowers, leaves, roots, and the stem are used to treat various ailments in the Indian traditional system of medicine, the Ayurveda.

Ixora coccinea var caudata Pierre ex Pit

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Texture: Adaptable
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.1-6.0
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen Shrub
Sample Type: Cultivar
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Hedge Landscape Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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