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Ixora pavetta

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Name

Identification
Ixora arborea Roxb. ex Sm. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ixora pavetta Andr. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pavetta gamblei
  • Pavetta granitica
  • Pavetta birmahica
  • Ixora jucunda
  • Ixora arborea
  • Ixora cuneifolia
  • Ixora pavetta
  • Ixora parviflora
  • Ixora stricta

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Entry for Ixora pavetta Andr. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Ixora parviflora Vahl. [family RUBIACEAE]
Ixora pavetta Andr. [family RUBIACEAE]
Uses
(fruit) Food: general (flower) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root, fruit) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (bark) Medicines: malnutrition, debility Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (leaf (buffalo)) Agri-horticulture: fodder (wood) Products: building materials (wood) Products: carpentry and related applications (wood) Products: fuel and lighting
Description
A much-branched evergreen tree or shrub; native of India, Burma and the Andamans, and reported introduced into the Region.The plant is decorative. It is commonly grown in India in gardens. The wood is brown, hard and heavy, sp. wt. 0∙91–1∙06, close-graine
References
Reference:1. Sastri, 1959: 275–6, as I. arborea Roxb.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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