Ixora polyantha

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.

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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: 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

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

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

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Both Malayalam and English spelling are correct

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.

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

Ixora polyantha

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

To me it is Ixora polyantha

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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

Check this link :
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m—z/r/rubiaceae/ixora/ixora-polyantha.  Only a suggestion. Not sure.

I guess the ID is correct

Yes, it is Ixora polyantha, thanks a lot dear … for ID my plant

Yes, appears close to images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/09/ixora-polyantha/

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