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Rubiaceae
Ixora
Ixora coccinea
Devotion, passion, lasting love.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Ixora
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Bloom season
- Year-Round In Tropics
- Type
- Evergreen tropical shrub
- Height
- 1.5–4 m
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Acidic, well-drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 9–11
- Lifespan
- Long-lived
Did you know
- Ixora is also called 'flame of the woods' or 'jungle geranium' for its blazing clusters of tiny tubular flowers that cover the shrub almost continuously.
- It's a sacred flower in Hinduism, used in temple offerings and worship of Lord Shiva, particularly at the Sri Sundareswarar temple in Madurai, India.
- Ixora has one of the longest blooming seasons of any tropical shrub — it can flower 365 days a year in warm climates.
- The genus is named after a Hindu deity to whom worshippers traditionally offered the flowers.
- Each tightly packed flower head can hold hundreds of individual four-petaled flowers and lasts for weeks before fading.
Color meanings
Red
Burning loyalty