The ixora plant

Common name: Flame of the woods.

Ixora flower cluster Image 1:
Yellow flower cluster of the ixora plant

This plant grows as a flowering shrub. The height can reach 1.8 m or more. The spread is about 2 m or more at a grown up shrub.

The flower is bright shining yellow ( diameter of the flower cluster shown here is about 10 cm ). Other ixoras may be white, red or pink.

Image 2:
Single yellow ixora flower.
Diameter is about 3 cm. This flower here has 5 pointed petals. Normally the ixora flower has 4 pointed petals.

Ixora leaves Image 3:
Leaves of the ixora plant

The leaves are smooth and relative thick. The larger leaves shown here are about 9 cm long and 4 cm wide.

The stem: the older parts of the stem are brown in color.

Usage of the plant: The ixoras can be used as ornamental plants or as flowering hedges.

Propagation : by stem cuttings.

Common ixoras:
ixora coccinea, ixora javanica, ixora chinensis.

Growing region : tropical.

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Dimensions mentioned here are partly from a particular plant only. They may be different for other plants from the same species or variety.

Note: 1 cm = 0.4 inch ; 1 m = 3.3 feet

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Last update of this web page: 3.Nov. 2001