Ixora jucunda


Ixora jucunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

large, oval to lanceolate, acute ends.

Trunk

branchlets stout with nodal thickenings.

Flowers

white or pink, sweet-scented, calyx often red; Inflorescenece - large cymes.

Fruits

globose berry.

Ecology

rain forest understory of wet zone.

Uses

ornamental.