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Torch Tree
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Torch Tree

Ixora pavetta

Ixora pavetta (torch tree) 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.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 542325.