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Wrightia
Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, 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.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Jaundice curative tree
speciesWrightia tinctoria
Arctic snow
speciesWrightia antidysenterica
Water Jasmine
speciesWrightia religiosa
Wrightia arborea
speciesWrightia arborea
Wrightia pubescens
speciesWrightia pubescens
Wrightia saligna
speciesWrightia saligna
Saddlepod
speciesWrightia natalensis
Wrightia dubia
speciesWrightia dubia
Wrightia laevis
speciesWrightia laevis
Wrightia coccinea
speciesWrightia coccinea
Wrightia candollei
speciesWrightia candollei
Wrightia sirikitiae
speciesWrightia sirikitiae
Wrightia versicolor
speciesWrightia versicolor
Wrightia viridiflora
speciesWrightia viridiflora
Wrightia sikkimensis
speciesWrightia sikkimensis
Wrightia lanceolata
speciesWrightia lanceolata
Wrightia karaketii
speciesWrightia karaketii
Wrightia angustifolia
speciesWrightia angustifolia
Wrightia puberula
speciesWrightia puberula
Wrightia saligna × versicolor
hybridWrightia saligna × versicolor
Wrightia lecomtei
speciesWrightia lecomtei
Wrightia indica
speciesWrightia indica
Wrightia kwangtungensis
speciesWrightia kwangtungensis
Wrightia novobritannica
speciesWrightia novobritannica
Wrightia palawanensis
speciesWrightia palawanensis
Wrightia siamensis
speciesWrightia siamensis
Wrightia poomae
speciesWrightia poomae
Wrightia tokiae
speciesWrightia tokiae
Wrightia collettii
speciesWrightia collettii
Wrightia hanleyi
speciesWrightia hanleyi
Wrightia annamensis
speciesWrightia annamensis
Wrightia dolichocarpa
speciesWrightia dolichocarpa
Wrightia calcicola
speciesWrightia calcicola
Wrightia demartiniana
speciesWrightia demartiniana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 182136.