Ixora coccinea L.

IXORA Linnaeus
IXORA COCCINEA Linn.; Blanco EL Filip. (1837) 59; ed. 2 (1845) 41; ed.
3, 1 (1877) 76, t. n.
Blanco seems to have correctly interpreted the Linnean spe-
cies* which occurs in the Philippines only as an introduced and
cultivated plant. From its native name santan (corruption of
Santa Ana) it is probable that it was introduced after the arrival
of the Spaniards. This red-flowered form is commonly desig-
nated as santàn pula, i. e., red santan, in distinction from the
white-flowered species I. finlaysoniana Wall, which is called
santan putì. Le., white santan.
Illustrative specimen from Manila, Luzon, July* 1914 (Merrill:
Species Biancoanae No. 133).
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