Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The species are all small trees or shrubs.[2]
The genus was named for William Wright (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.
Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in Sanskrit.
Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The species are all small trees or shrubs.
The genus was named for William Wright (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.
Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in Sanskrit.
Species Wrightia angustifolia - Sri Lanka Wrightia annamensis - S China, Cambodia, Vietnam Wrightia antidysenterica - Sri Lanka Wrightia arborea - S China, India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Indochina Wrightia candollei - Philippines Wrightia coccinea - S China, Himalayas, Indochina Wrightia collettii Ngan - Myanmar Wrightia cunninghamii - Western Australia Wrightia demartiniana - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya Wrightia dolichocarpa - W India Wrightia dubia - Indochina, W Malaysia †Wrightia flavorosea - Sri Lanka but extinct Wrightia hanleyi - Palawan Wrightia indica - S India Wrightia karaketii - Thailand Wrightia laevis - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, Queensland Wrightia lanceolata - S Thailand Wrightia lecomtei - Cambodia, Vietnam Wrightia natalensis -southern Africa Wrightia novobritannica - New Britain Wrightia palawanensis - Palawan Wrightia poomae - Thailand †Wrightia puberula - Sri Lanka but extinct Wrightia pubescens - S China, SE Asia, Papuasia, N Australia Wrightia religiosa - Guangdong, Indochina, W Malaysia Wrightia saligna - N Australia Wrightia siamensis - Thailand Wrightia sikkimensis - S China, E Himalayas, Vietnam Wrightia sirikitiae - Thailand Wrightia tinctoria - India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Timor and Australia Wrightia tokiae - Thailand Wrightia viridiflora - Thailand formerly included Wrightia afzelii, syn of Pleioceras afzelii Wrightia bacelliana, syn of Melodinus acutiflorus Wrightia parviflora, syn of Pleioceras barteri Wrightia piscidia, syn of Melodinus cochinchinensis Wrightia stuhlmannii, syn of Alafia lucida
