Kingdom Plantae Family Rubiaceae Rank Species | Order Gentianales Genus Ixora | |
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Similar Ixora elongata, Ixora umbellata, Ixora nigricans, Pavetta, Ixora finlaysoniana | ||
Ixora pavetta (torch tree) is a plant in the Rubiaceae family. This species is found in South Asia. The species is commonly seen in Ballari district of Karnataka, India. It is called as Goravi (ಗೊರವಿ) in Kannada. People use the branches of this tree for making walls and paste with mud for their thatched huts in villages, but now this practice has become obsolete owing to modern housing materials.
Summer is the fruiting season and the fruits are globose, 2-seeded, become black when ripened. Indian Sloth Bears eat the fruits and the seeds are dispersed through its scat.
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