Ixora pavetta

Ixora pavetta
	Ixora pavetta flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Ixora
Species:	I. pavetta
Binomial name
	Ixora pavetta;

Ixora pavetta (torch tree)^[1] 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.^[2]

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ixora pavetta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
^ 2. Samad Kottur, et al, Daroji-an ecological destination, Drongo media, Hubli 2012

2. Samad Kottur, et al, Daroji-an ecological destination, Drongo media, Hubli 2012

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ixora pavetta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

[2] 2. Samad Kottur, et al, Daroji-an ecological destination, Drongo media, Hubli 2012

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