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Rubiaceae
Javanese Ixora
Ixora javanica
Radiant devotion and tropical warmth.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Ixora
- Native to
- Java, Malaysia, Indonesia
- Bloom season
- Year-Round In Tropics
- Type
- evergreen shrub
- Height
- 1–3 m
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- acidic, moist, well-drained
- Water
- medium to high
- Hardiness
- 10–12
- Lifespan
- perennial shrub; long-lived in tropics
Did you know
- Ixora is one of the most popular tropical hedging plants in the world, grown on every inhabited continent in the tropics.
- In Hindu worship, ixora flowers are offered to deities — the genus name may derive from an Indian deity, Ishvara.
- Children in Southeast Asia pull the long flower tubes to sip sweet nectar from the base.
- Each round flower cluster can contain over 60 individual tubular florets that open over several days.
- Javanese ixora has larger flower clusters and broader leaves than the more common Ixora coccinea.
Color meanings
Red
ardent worship
Orange
joyful energy
Yellow
sunny friendship
Pink
gentle admiration