Ixora macrantha (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Ixora macrantha (Steudel) Bremek.

Family: Rubiaceae

Synonyms

• Ixora longituba (Miq.) Boerl.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: soka nangta (Sundanese), polo (Minahasa).

Distribution

Indonesia (Java, northern Sulawesi); very incompletely known.

Uses

In Minahasa (Indonesia) the root sap is used for dyeing matting and basketry red, and a decoction of the twigs is used for dyeing rattan.

Observations

A shrub or small tree, up to 6 m tall, with white or pink flowers having a very long (3.5 cm) corolla-tube. This species grows in humid forests in the mountains at 1000-1700 m altitude.

Selected sources

7, 9, 12, 22, 27, 43.