Santan Flower

Santan

Santan is an erect and smooth ornamental shrub, growing to a height of 2 to 3 meters with a small tubular and scarlet flowers. Flower colors would range from crimson red, yellow, orange to cream and pure white. Though we have our native varieties and it is present almost everywhere in the Philippines, none of these garden-popular santans are proudly Philippine native. The white variety is I. finlaysoniana, a Thai species. The red are either I. coccinea or I. javanica, respectively from China and Indonesia.

Scientific name: Ixora coccinea
Family: Rubiaceae

References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora_coccinea
https://steemit.com/flower/@annesaya/philippine-flower-1-the-red-santan-flower

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