Rubiaceae
Ixora chinensis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Ixora
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- إكسورة صينية
- Cantonese
- 龍船花
- Chinese
- 中国龙船花, 龍船花, 蒋英木, 卖子木, 山丹, 百日红, 龙船花, 龙船花根
- Finnish
- Kiinantähtikukka
- Japanese
- サンタンカ, 三段花, 山丹花
- szy
- Nipaluma-sinungay, sinongay
- Vietnamese
- Chi Mẫu đơn
Synonyms
- Bemsetia paniculata Raf.
- Gaertnera hongkongensis Seem.
- Ixora blanda Ker Gawl.
- Ixora coccinea Curtis
- Ixora colei hort. ex Gentil
- Ixora colei W.Bull
- Ixora crocata Lindl.
- Ixora dixiana hort. ex Gentil.
- Ixora dixiana W.Bull
- Ixora dubia Schult. & Schult.f.
- Ixora flammea Salisb.
- Ixora incarnata Roxb. ex Sm.
- Ixora kroneana (Miq.) Bremek.
- Ixora pallida Reinw. ex Miq.
- Ixora rosea Sims
- Ixora speciosa Willd.
- Ixora stricta Roxb.
- Ixora stricta var. incarnata Benth.
- Ixora stricta var. mekongensis Pierre ex Pit.
- Pavetta arborea Blanco
- Pavetta chinensis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
- Pavetta kroneana Miq.
- Pavetta stricta (Roxb.) Blume
- Sykesia hongkongensis (Seem.) Kuntze
- Tsiangia hongkongensis (Seem.) But, H.H.Hsue & P.T.Li
Flowers
- In flower
- May, September, December to February (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: alves.v.s, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: E.Maissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rahulrnath001, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Manuela Bibrach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sapna 0811, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: PhilippeJ18, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.