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  • COMMON NAME: Jungle geranium, Flame of the woods or jungle.
  • ARABIC: لهب الغابة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ixora coccinea L.
  • SYNONYMS: Pavetta coccinea
  • FAMILY: RUBIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://www.floraofqatar.com/ixora_coccinea.htm https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244744 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.

Bushy shrubs, spreading by root sprouts. Leaves opposite, 6-10 x 2.5-3 cm, elliptic to oblong, shortly acute at apex, round to slightly cordate at base, sessile, greenish on drying. Corymbs 5-8 cm across; peduncle and pedicels short. Calyx tube 0.18-0.2 cm long, puberulous without; lobes minute. Corolla scarlet; tube 3-3.5 cm long, puberulous without; lobes 0.8-1 x 0.4-0.5 cm. Stamens attached at throat; anthers 0.3-0.35 cm long. Ovary 0.1-0.2 cm across; style 3-3.5 cm long, exserted. Berry 0.6-0.8 cm diam., didymous; seeds 2, globose, 0.3-0.4 cm diam.

Cultivated, Grows in gardens, parks, and homes.
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