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Published In: Nordic Journal of Botany 25: 78–81, fig. 3. 2007. (Nordic J. Bot.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/10/2009)
Acceptance : Accepted
Taxon Profile     (Last Modified On 10/30/2013)
Distribution : Endemic to Madagascar
Lifeform/Habit : Shrub
Vegetation Formation : Forest
Elevation : 0-499 m, 500-999 m
Bioclimate : Humid
Regions (Prov. Toamasina) : Analanjirofo, Atsinanana
Protected areas and other important sites : Betampona, Makira
Type(s) of accepted name : Petra De Block - 1773 - TAN
Notes : This species is characterized by its robust habit; its large, rather narrowly elliptic, petiolate, coriaceous leaves that are sharply acuminate at the apex and usually dry with a dark brown color and the venation not very evident; its congested, pedunculate, several- to many-flowered inflorescences with developed bracts; its sessile to pedicellate flowers with triangular calyx lobes and long, pink to red corollas with the tube 18-23 cm long; and its medium-sized fruits. It has been confused with Ixora siphonantha, with thinner-textured leaves and lax inflorescences. De Block (2007) noted that although the pollinators have not been observed, this species is certainly pollinated by hawkmoths.

 

 


 

 
 
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