Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rubiaceae | Genus: Pavetta | Species: Pavetta abyssinica Fresen. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Ixora pavetta, Ixora indica | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Indian Pavetta, Kankara | Flower Type | Corymb |
| English / Trade Name | Bride's Bush, White Pavetta, Christmas Bush | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kukurchura | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 900 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit With 2 pyrenes; Seeds one per pyrene |
| Habitat | Occurs in undergrowth in disturbed evergreen to semievergreen forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India and Sri Lanka(The Western Ghats) | Bark Details | Bark grey, smooth and irreuarly scaly when mature, blaze greenish cream |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | It is an erect nearly smooth or somewhat hairy shrub 2 to 4 meters or more in height | Leaf Details | Leaves broadly lanceolate, intrapetiolar, sheathing, caducous and leaving scar; petioles 0.6-1.5 cm long |
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