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Ixora lobbii (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Ixora lobbii]]'' Loudon</big>
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:Protologue: Encycl. pl. new edition: 1543 (1855).

== Vernacular names ==

*Brunei: petagar mangas
*Malaysia: bunga selang, pechah priok, kramat hujan (Peninsular)
*Thailand: khem daeng (Yala).

== Distribution ==

Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

== Uses ==

In Malaysia a decoction of the root is given during and after childbirth, and a poultice is made from it against headache. In Brunei, a decoction of the root of a plant identified as ''I. lobii'' is taken as a tonic, or used as a herbal bath.

== Observations ==

A shrub up to 2 m tall; leaves entire, oblong to lanceolate, 10-20 cm × 2-4.8 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, apex caudate or mucronate, with 15-25 secondary veins, petiole short, 2-4 mm long, stipules triangular, acuminate; inflorescence a subsessile loose corymb with about 50 flowers; flowers with red pedicel, calyx cylindrical campanulate, corolla tube 3-4 cm long, lobes 9 mm × 3-4 mm, acute, bright orange-red, not fragrant; fruit black. ''I. lobbii'' is a common shrub in forest throughout Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.

== Selected sources ==

182, 202, 288, 964, 1126, 1227.

== Authors ==

M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg


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