Ixora pavetta
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.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Ixora |
| Species: | I. pavetta |
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Ixora pavetta - fruits seen in Daroji Bear Sanctuary in April 2015
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
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ixora pavetta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- Samad Kottur, et al, Daroji-an ecological destination, Drongo media, Hubli 2012]
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