Ixora congesta, the Malayan Ixora, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Malesia. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the understory of monsoonal and rain forests, it can handle coastal salt spray but is also found inland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Malayan Ixora being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Ixora
- Species
- Ixora congesta
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