Beautiful Series on Ixoras Sir On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Ixora fulgens* Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 387. 1820. > syn: *Pavetta fulgens* (Roxb.) Miquel. > > Erect shrub up to 1.5 m tall; leaves opposite, lanceolate to > elliptic-lanceolate, 8-20 cm long, acute or acuminate, narrowed towards > base, glabrous on both surfaces, lateral veins 8-10 pairs; petiole 3-5 mm > long; stipules awned; flowers scarlet to orange scarlet, in corymbose cymes > 12-15 cm wide; peduncle 1-2 cm long; pedicel 2-4 mm long; corolla tube > 25-40 mm long; lobes ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 14-17 mm long; drupe > globose, 9-10 in diam. > A species looking similar to Ixora coccinea but easily differentiated by > its larger corolla lobes which are 1.5-2 cm long, leaves > elliptic-lanceolate, up to 20 cm long, narrowed towards base and with 3-5 > mm long petiole. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi in April > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
