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  • COMMON NAME: Chinese ixora
  • ARABIC: لهب الغابة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ixora chinensis Lam.
  • SYNONYMS: Bemsetia paniculata Raf.
  • FAMILY: RUBIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Perennial
http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000218302#bibliography https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:753834-1 V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Cultivated in UAE as ornamental plant.

Shrub, c. 1 m tall. Leaves subsessile, 6-10 x 3-6 cm, oblong, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, entire, glabrous. Stipules broad, triangular, awned, ± glabrous. Inflorescence of trichotomously branched dense corymbs; bracts small, subulate. Flowers pink, scarlet or orange, central flowers sessile and two side flowers pedicellate, pedicel c. 2.5 mm long, each with a pair of small bracteoles. Calyx-tube c. 1.5 mm long, pubescent; lobes c. 0.5 mm long, tinted red. Corolla-tube 1.5-2 cm long, minutely hairy; lobes elliptic, acute 5-6 mm long. Staminal filaments very short; anthers c. 3 mm long, reflexed. Style exserted, stigma 2-lobed.

Cultivated, Grows in gardens, parks, and homes.
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