Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Ixora |
| Species: | I. jucunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Ixora jucunda Thwaites
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Leaves
editLarge, oval to lanceolate, acute ends.
Trunk
editBranchlets stout with nodal thickenings.
Flowers
editWhite or pink, sweet-scented, calyx often red; Inflorescenece - large cymes.
Fruits
editGlobose berry.
Ecology
editRain forest understory of wet zone.
Uses
editOrnamental.
References
edit- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ixora jucunda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32605A9716650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32605A9716650.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
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Media related to Ixora jucunda at Wikimedia Commons- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
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