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Fragrant Ixora

Ixora finlaysoniana, Ixora fragrans

Botanical name	: Ixora finlaysoniana, Ixora fragrans .
Common Name	: Fragrant Ixora
Family	: Rubiaceae
About	: Ixora finlaysoniana, Ixora fragrans is a large shrub/ small tree; it has white slightly fragrant flowers. Clusters of pure white fragrants flowers, as its name suggests. 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 hetero stylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples.