Biology:Ixora pavetta

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Short description: Species of plant

Ixora pavetta
Ixora pavetta flower.jpg
Ixora pavetta flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora
Species:
I. pavetta
Binomial name
Ixora pavetta
Andrews
Ixora pavetta - fruits seen in Daroji Bear Sanctuary in April 2015

Ixora pavetta, the torch tree,[1] is a plant in the family Rubiaceae. This species is found in South Asia. The species is commonly seen in Ballari district of Karnataka, India. It is called as goravi (ಗೊರವಿ) in Kannada. People use the branches of this tree for making walls and paste with mud for their thatched huts in villages, but now this practice has become obsolete owing to modern housing materials.

Summer is the fruiting season and the fruits are globose, 2-seeded, become black when ripened. Indian sloth bears eat the fruits and the seeds are dispersed through its scat.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6101139 entry