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White ixora

Ixora ebracteata

Botanical name	: Ixora ebracteata.
Common Name	: White Ixora
Family	: Rubiaceae
About	: Ixora ebracteata is a medium size shrub; it has white slightly fragrant flowers with long stamens. Ixora - from the name of an Indian deity - is a genus with about 400 species. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled; stipules are present and interpetiolar. The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic, often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples.