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<big>''[[Ixora longifolia]]'' J.E. Smith</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Rees, Cycl. XIX: n. 3 (1811).
'''Synomyms''' ''Ixora amboinica'' (Blume) DC. (1830), ''Ixora fulgens'' auct. non Roxb.
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: jarong-jarong (Moluccas).
== Distribution ==
The Moluccas.
== Uses ==
The roots have been reported long ago to be used against pain in the side in the Moluccas, both internally and externally; chewing the roots has been reported to ease toothache.
== Observations ==
A shrub 1.5-3 m tall; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 15-30 cm × 9-11 cm, herbaceous or subcoriaceous, base rounded or subacute, apex acuminate, with about 13 secondary veins, petiole 1-1.5 cm long, stipules broadly triangular, shortly awned; inflorescence loose, shortly pubescent, peduncle 3 mm long, with up to 100 flowers; flowers with calyx tube 0.5 mm long, lobes broadly ovate and 0.5 mm long, corolla tube 4 cm long, lobes about 1 cm long, acute, red; fruit red turning black at maturity. ''I. longifolia'' is found in abandoned fields and dense scrub up to the beach, but it is less common at higher elevations.
== Selected sources ==
97, 182, 580, 1126, 1227, 1265.
== Authors ==
M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
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[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Ixora longifolia'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Ixora longifolia]]'' J.E. Smith</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Rees, Cycl. XIX: n. 3 (1811).
'''Synomyms''' ''Ixora amboinica'' (Blume) DC. (1830), ''Ixora fulgens'' auct. non Roxb.
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: jarong-jarong (Moluccas).
== Distribution ==
The Moluccas.
== Uses ==
The roots have been reported long ago to be used against pain in the side in the Moluccas, both internally and externally; chewing the roots has been reported to ease toothache.
== Observations ==
A shrub 1.5-3 m tall; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 15-30 cm × 9-11 cm, herbaceous or subcoriaceous, base rounded or subacute, apex acuminate, with about 13 secondary veins, petiole 1-1.5 cm long, stipules broadly triangular, shortly awned; inflorescence loose, shortly pubescent, peduncle 3 mm long, with up to 100 flowers; flowers with calyx tube 0.5 mm long, lobes broadly ovate and 0.5 mm long, corolla tube 4 cm long, lobes about 1 cm long, acute, red; fruit red turning black at maturity. ''I. longifolia'' is found in abandoned fields and dense scrub up to the beach, but it is less common at higher elevations.
== Selected sources ==
97, 182, 580, 1126, 1227, 1265.
== Authors ==
M.C. Ysrael & J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg
[[Category:Medicinal plants (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
