IXORA COCCINEA 
XOR-A from the Sanskrit form of the name Sira; fowers used as offering 
to Sira, COCCINEA red ( colour of cochineal ) 
English name : 
Malaj name : 
Country oj origin : 
Colour : 
Garden use : 
Indian Ixora* 
Pechah periok. 
Rubiaceae. ' 'f 
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India. 
scarlet; there is also a yellow 
variety. 
a bushy shrub needing full 
sun, rather slow in growth, 
flowering throughout the 
year. 
A, 3 stamens (one has been removed) and 
stigma, from a flower-bud. 
B, old flower with exposed stigmas, (anthers 
have fallen). 
C, young flower with folded stigma covered 
with pollen. 
D , section through base of flower-tube and 
inferior ovary. / '•••. .. 
E, seed. ^ 
F, fruit. y - ; 
G, section through fruit showing 2 seeds. 
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