Ixora finlaysoniana Wall. ex G. Don.

വെള്ളത്തെച്ചി

Family : Rubiaceae

Synonym : Ixora findlyana B.S. Williams.

Common Names : Vellathechi, Fragrant ixora

Flowering Period : December – June

Distribution : Asia

Habitat : Grown in gardens

Uses : Ornamental, Ayurvedic

Key Characters :

Ixora finlaysoniana are shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, elliptic, oblong, obovate. Corymbs, open, sessile or subsessile. Flowers white or pale green, faintly scented. Calyx-tube, pubescent or glabrous; lobes, lanceolate or oblong, pubescent or glabrous, acute. Corolla-tube, glabrous; lobes, ovate-oblong, obtuse; buds greenish brown. Fruit  globose, glossy, black or reddish, blue at maturity.