Stats

Lifespan: Decades
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Tropical Asia & Pacific
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: None
Status: Common

About

A large genus of tropical evergreen shrubs grown across warm regions as flowering hedges and ornamentals, prized for dense, rounded clusters of small tubular blooms in vivid reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows. The flowers are rich in nectar and are a favourite of butterflies and sunbirds.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Ixora