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Ixora notoniana Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 571 1834. (Syn: Ixora grandiflora Schltdl. ex Hook.f.; Ixora wightiana Wall. [Invalid]);
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Tamil: Kalilambili Malayalam: Iramburippi
. Habit- Large shrubs or small trees up to 5 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark brown, rough.
Branchlets- Branchlets corky, with short internodes, glabrous.
Leaves- Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule broadly ovate and subulate, interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.5-1.3 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7.5-15 (-20) x 2.5- 7.5 cm, narrow elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base acute to cuneate, margin slightly revolute, coriaecous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 12-16 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.
Flowers- Inflorescence terminal corymbose cymes; flowers subsessile, rosy tinge.
Fruit& seed- Berry, globose, ca. 0.9 cm across; seed two.
Along margin in medium and high elevation evergreen forest between 800 and 2400 m.
Endemic to the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri and Palakkad hills, Nilgiris and Bababudangiri hills in Central Sahyadri.
(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
ANMAR57/79 Pavetta sp. for identification : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)
Family: Rubiaceae efi pages on Pavetta breviflora & Pavetta zeylanica Ixora notoniana .
FOR ID ::
Dicots The Nilgiris :: Jan 31, 2026 · 10:31 AM IST
Marappalam, about 1817 m asl ¿ Photinia integrifolia Lindl. ?
Please validate the ID. here too my suggestion must be wrong. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2905952
Fruiting specimen GBIF https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754267-1 .
Photinia integrifolia Lindl.
The Nilgiris :: Jan 31, 2026 · 12:46 PM IST
Kodamulal, about 1829 m asl This looks something different.
I went by the pronounced venation on the underside of the leaves. I may be wrong. Rubiaceae
Many thanks to … for help with the ID in iNaturalist.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2905952
Fruiting specimen GBIF https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754267-1 Yes, many many thanks …. for sorting the ID. .
Photinia integrifolia Lindl.
The Nilgiris :: Jan 31, 2026 · 12:38 PM IST
Kodamulal, about 1834 m asl This looks something different. OK …, many thanks. I must be wrong.
Hopefully the ID gets resolved.
Rubiaceae
Many thanks to … for help with the ID of similar observation in iNaturalist.
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=2905952
Fruiting specimen GBIF https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754267-1 Yes, many many thanks …, for sorting the ID.
. References: Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2007- Details with keys)
An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys)
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Ixora notoniana
Updated on April 23, 2026