Ixora polyantha

Ixora polyantha Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 1066 1846. (syn: Ixora grandis Miq. ex Hook.f.);

W. India, Indo-China as per WCSP;

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iks-OR-uh — named after Iswara Malabar deity … Dave’s Botanary
pol-ee-ANTH-uh — many flowers … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: many-flowered ixora • Marathi: रान कुडा ran kuda (Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/ixora-polyantha-wight.html)

Small shrub with robust branches; leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, 12-30 cm long, cute or acuminate, narrowed at base into short petiole; stipules long, cuspidate; flowers white in 7-12 cm wide corymbose cymes; calyx lobes twice as long as ovary; corolla tube 20-25 mm long, lobes 6-8 mm long.

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Names of Plants in India :: Ixora polyantha Wight : 1 image. 3 posts by 2 authors.
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iks-OR-uh — named after Iswara Malabar deity … Dave’s Botanary
pol-ee-ANTH-uh — many flowers … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: many-flowered ixora • Marathi: रान कुडा ran kuda
botanical names: Ixora polyantha Wight … synonyms: no synonym known
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Photographed along Kumta – Siddapur Road, Karnataka on 17 MAR 13
Many thanks to … and … (of Kumta) for the ID.

iks-OR-uh — named after Iswara Malabar deity … Dave’s Botanary
pol-ee-ANTH-uh — many flowers … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: long-leaved jungle geranium, many-flowered ixora • Konkani: रान कुडा ran kuda • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕೇಪಲ bili kaepala • Malayalam: കലിഞ്ഞി kalinji • Marathi: रान कुडा ran kuda • Tamil: கருஞ்சுழுந்து karun-culuntu, வெள்ளைக்கோரான் vellai-k-koran

botanical names: Ixora polyantha Wight … accepted infraspecifics: Ixora polyantha var. polyantha … POWO … heterotypic synonyms: Ixora grandis Miq. ex Hook.f. … POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

long-leaved jungle geranium

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

many-flowered ixora

name coined, for want of name by Flowers of India; derived from the scientific name

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ಬಿಳಿ ಕೇಪಲ bili kaepala

name of similar species shared, for want of name; ಬಿಳಿ bili = white; ಕೇಪಲ kaepala = a generic name given to species of Ixora

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

रान कुडा ran kuda

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

കലിഞ്ഞി kalinji

Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name … facebook

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

रान कुडा ran kuda

name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

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கருஞ்சுழுந்து karun-culuntu, வெள்ளைக்கோரான் vellai-k-koran

Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in states of India ~~~~~

*Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic

Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/ixora-polyantha-wight.html

Both Malayalam and English spelling are correct

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Ixora polyantha Wight : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 2 authors.
Kindly see Ixora polyantha Wight, captured from Kerala forests.

Thank you very much Sir.
But leaves, appear to me, differ from http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/ixora_polyantha.htm and http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/11614/BB84.html.

Also –

Ixora polyantha Wight = Ixora corymbosa Heyne ? = Ixora grandis Miq.?

There are a lot of variations in leaf shapes in Ixora polyantha. Consider them as individual variations among populations.

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Ixora polyantha_23-02-12_GK : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Ixora polyantha Wight of Rubiaceae family from our farm. A small shrub prefer to grow under shade.

The flower pictures are shot in the night just half an hour before as the flower opens in the night by around 8 O’clock.

Very fragrant in the night.
I should check the same day time tomorrow.

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ANMAR47/69 Ixora polyantha : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

Family: Rubiaceae
Date: 27th December 2014
Place: Hebri, Karnataka
Habit: Shrub

Ixora polyantha

ANMAR48/70 Ixora(?) sp. for identification : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

I guessed at Ixora sp. because I have seen a short thick shrub like this before in Hebri.
Family: Rubiaceae
Date: 21st March 2015
Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala
Habit: Shrub

Ixora polyantha

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ID KANNUR 49 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Please identify this Ficus from Kannur District of Kerala.

To me it is Ixora polyantha

Rubiaceae Week: Ixora polyantha from Delhi:
Ixora polyantha Wight, lc. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1066. 1846.
Small shrub with robust branches; leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, 12-30 cm long, cute or acuminate, narrowed at base into short petiole; stipules long, cuspidate; flowers white in 7-12 cm wide corymbose cymes; calyx lobes twice as long as ovary; corolla tube 20-25 mm long, lobes 6-8 mm long.
Photographed from Old Delhi Ridge in November, December and April.

Delhi Rigde– April’10?;

Ixora polyantha from Delhi pl validate – efloraofindia | Google Groups

Ixora polyantha from Delhi:
Ixora polyantha Wight, lc. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1066. 1846.

Small shrub with white flowers differentiated by corolla tube 2-2.5 cm long, leaves up to 30 cm long, shortly petioled with longer stipules; corolla lobes 6 mm long.
Photographed from Old Delhi Ridge in November, December and April.

Ixora polyantha:
Kindly see a the photograph of Ixora polyantha taken from Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Trivandrum, Kerala

… is this endemic to the Western Ghats?

Yes, but cultivated elsewhere, as per eFlora of Pakistan
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090842

431 ID shrub Ixora: 19 high res. images.
Please ID shrub Ixora,
Location: near Chathamattom, Ernakulam Dist., Kerala
Altitude: 1200fsl
Flower date: 18MAR2023, 06.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture sloppy grassland hill
Plant habit: small shrub, erect, branches, hard cylindrical stem 12mm base diameter, rough brown bark, perennial
Height: 03.5 feet
Leaves: opposite, elliptic, acute, leathery, smooth glossy size upto:20×10cm
Flower: axillary/terminal umbel inflorescence, clustered, diameter:22mm, white, good fragrance
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x