Ixora javanica DC

Classification

Regnum: Plantae

Divisio: Magnoliophyta

Classis: Magnoliopsida 

Ordo: Rubiales

Familia: Rubiaceae

Genus: Ixora

Spesies: Ixora javanica DC

Synonym: Ixora amara

Local name: Bunga soka

Habit: Shrub

Characteristic: Long tube corolla with red in color

Distribution: Southeast Asia

Benefit: Ornamental plant

Location: Main gate UPI, UPI library

Conservation status: Stable

Description

Ixora javanica is shrub 1-4m tall. stems glabrous with brownish bark. leaves broadly oblong, 13-19 x 4-9cm, shortly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous on both surfaces, paler beneath with prominent veins; petioles 0.4-2cm; stipules ovate, abruptly cuspidate into a short fine point, 4-5mm. Inflorescence pedunculate, large lax open; primary branches very prominent, 8-17 x 8-19cm; branches thinly scurfy-pubescent; peduncle 2-8cm. Bracts triangular, 1-2mm, soon deciduous bracteoles scale like, 0.5-1mm; teeth forming an indistinct undulate ring, 0.25-0.5mm. Corolla red scentless; tube glabrous, perhaps slightly sticky, 23-37mm; lobes ovate or elliptic, acute, 7-11 x 3-4mm. Anthers 3mm. Style excerted 1-4mm; stigma 2mm. Fruit rarely seen, 1.2-2cm wide red but eventually black.

Source: https://biodiversity.bt/species/show/6310