| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Synonym | Ixora arborea Roxb.ex.Smith |
| Synonym_2 | Ixora parviflora Vahl. |
| Local Name | Soochimulla |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 10 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, dark brown; blaze pink; branchlets woody. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, ovate-acuminate; petiole 4-8 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 6-14 cm x 3.5-7.5 cm, obovate, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate-oblong, base subcordate, obtuse or round, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, thick coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, pinnate, very slender, prominent beneath; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual 5-6 mm long, white, in terminal panicles; calyx truncate, 4 teethed, teeth minute; corolla tube 6 mm long, lobes 4, 4 x 2 mm, oblong, recurved; stamens 4, attached to the mouth of corolla; anthers sagittate; ovary 1.7 mm, 2-celled, inferior, ovule one in each cell; style exserted; stigma bifid. Fruit a berry, 5-6 mm across, globose, succulent, black, pyrenes 2, planoconvex. |