Ixora javanica (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Ixora javanica (Blume) DC.
- Protologue: Prodr. 4: 487 (1830).
Synonyms
Ixora amoena Wallich ex G. Don (1834).
Vernacular names
- Javanese ixora (En)
- Thailand: khem thong (Chumphon).
Distribution
Southern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Uses
There are no medicinal uses reported for I. javanica , but extracts showed promising antitumour activity. It is cultivated as an ornamental.
Observations
A shrub, 3-5 m tall; leaves elliptical, oblong or oblong-ovate, 7.5-17 cm × 2.5-7 cm, herbaceous, base acute, apex acuminate, with 9-10 secondary veins, petiole 3-6 mm long, stipules long-awned; inflorescence loose, short-haired, peduncle 1-4 cm long; flowers with calyx tube 0.2 mm long, lobes ovate, 0.4 mm long, corolla tube 2.5-3.5 cm long, lobes ovate, obtuse or rounded, 6-8 mm long, orange-red sometimes pink or yellow, not fragrant, anthers pale orange, style 5 mm long slightly exserted; fruit about the size of a pea. I. javanica is common in evergreen forest on fertile soils in Java.
Selected sources
97, 182, 768, 1001, 1002, 1591.
Authors
M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
