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Rubiaceae

Ixora bandhuca
Rubiaceae
Ixora bandhuca

SYNONIM Ixora bandhuca lighting and irrigation. The


Roxb., Ixora coccinea var. water to irrigate these plants
Aureorosea Corner, Ixora should not contain lime.
coccinea var. Bandhuca Ixora also requires room
(Roxb.) Kurz. temperature level of
COMMON NAME Yellow humidity. However, this
Ixora (English), Soka Kuning flower is easy to take care of
Jepang (Indonesia). (Fulghum, 1983).
ORGANISM DESCRIPTION DISTRIBUTION Ixora has a
This flower is counted as a high diversity in the world,
complex flower of limitless ranging between 400-500
type with the form of flat kinds of species which
panicle, that means the scattered throughout the
flower has main stalk which tropical and subtropical
arranges the branching and regions. The distribution
so on, but those brances center is located in Asia
have similar characteristics (Mouly et al., 2009).
as all these complex flowers PROPAGATOR If Ixora is
are contained in a flat or planted inside the pot and
slightly curved field placed inside the house,
(Tjitrosoepomo, 2009). then it has to be put outside
ORIGINS According to some the house twice a week to
sources, Ixora came from get enough sunlight.
tropical Asia. Even some of However, Ixora prefers to be
them said it came from planted outside the building
Indonesia. But so far has not and gets direct sunlight all
been verified, certainly with day (Karyono, 2014).
the discovery of Ixora BENEFIT
javanica in Java has been Apart of being ornamental
enough to make it a reason plants, Ixora's flowers are
why these plants are also usable for curing
originated from our country wounds (Rahayu, 2007).
(Steenis, 2003).
ECOLOGY Ixora lives in the
tropical climated area. This
flower requires intensive
Rubiaceae
Ixora bandhuca

SYNONIM Ixora bandhuca tersebut berasal dari negara


Roxb., Ixora coccinea var. kita (Steenis, 2003).
Aureorosea Corner, Ixora ECOLOGY Bunga soka
coccinea var. Bandhuca hidup di daerah dengan iklim
(Roxb.) Kurz. tropis Tumbuhan ini
COMMON NAME Yellow membutuhkan pencahayaan
Ixora (Inggris), Soka Kuning yang cukup intensif dan
Jepang (Indonesia). pengairan yang cukup. Air
ORGANISM DESCRIPTION untuk mengairi tanaman ini
Bunga ini merupakan bunga harus tanpa kadar
majemuk yang bertipe tak kapur. Soka juga
berbatas dengan bentuk memerlukan kelembaban
bunga berupa malai rata dengan kadar suhu kamar
yaitu bunga yang (Fulghum, 1983).
mempunyai ibu tangkai yang DISTRIBUTION Keragaman
mengadakan percabangan Ixora sp di dunia sangat
demikian pula seterusnya, tinggi yaitu berkisar antara
tetapi cabang-cabang tadi 400-500 jenis Ixora yang
mempunyai sifat sedemikian tersebar di seluruh daerah
rupa sehingga seakan-akan tropis maupun daerah
semua bunga pada bunga subtropis. Pusat penyebaran
majemuk ini terdapat pada Ixora sp berada di Benua
suatu bidang datar atau Asia (Mouly et al., 2009).
agak melengkung PROPAGATOR Bila bunga
(Tjitrosoepomo, 2009). soka ditanam di pot dan
ORIGINS Menurut beberapa diletakan di dalam rumah,
sumber, tanaman soka maka 2 kali dalam seminggu
berasal dari daerah Asia bunga tersebut harus
Tropis. Bahkan disinyalir ada dikeluarkan untuk
yang menyebutkan berasal mendapatkan sinar matahari
dari negara Indonesia. (Karyono, 2014).
Dengan ditemukannya Ixora BENEFIT Tanaman Ixora sp
javanica di pulau Jawa telah selain dapat menjadi
cukup menjadikannya tanaman hias, bunganya
alasan mengapa tanaman juga berkhasiat sebagai obat
luka (Rahayu, 2007).
Rubiaceae
Ixora bandhuca

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