Many thanks Gurcharan ji for showing this Ixora. Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
