Ixora chinensis
Ixora chinensis Lam.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Rubiaceae
Formerly Bemsetia paniculata, Gaertnera hongkongensis, Ixora blanda, Ixora colei, and 15 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. China to Indo-China, PhilippinesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from PlantUse (PROSEA), one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Logee's, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 龙船花根, 百日红, 龙船花
- Simplified Chinese
- 山丹, 龙船花, 蒋英木
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- PlantUse (PROSEA), read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Logee's, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Ixora chinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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