Species of plant
| Black ixora
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| Flower buds
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Gentianales
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| Family:
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Rubiaceae
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| Genus:
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Ixora
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| Species:
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I. nigricans
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| Binomial name
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Ixora nigricans
R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. (1834)
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Ixora affinis Wall. ex Craib
- Ixora affinis var. arguta (Hook.f.) Craib
- Ixora affinis var. plumea (Ridl.) Craib
- Ixora arguta (Hook.f.) King & Gamble
- Ixora densa R.Br. ex Wall. [Invalid]
- Ixora erubescens Wall. ex G.Don
- Ixora memecylifolia Kurz
- Ixora nigricans var. arguta Hook.f.
- Ixora nigricans var. erubrescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz
- Ixora nigricans var. ovalis Pierre ex Pit.
- Ixora plumea Ridl.
- Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq.
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Ixora nigricans, or black ixora, is a plant growing up to a height of 5 metres (16 ft). It is found as common undergrowth in evergreen forests to dry evergreen forests up to 1,900 m (6,230 ft).[2] Black ixora is found in throughout the forests of the Western Ghats of India.[3]
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