Wrightia

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Wrightia
Wrightia antidysenterica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Wrightia
Species
23 species, including: Wrightia antidysenterica Wrightia arborea Wrightia coccinea Wrightia laevis Wrightia lanceolata Wrightia lecomtei Wrightia pubescens Wrightia religiosa Wrightia sikkimensis Wrightia tinctoria Wrightia viridiflora

Wrightia is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, native to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. The species are all small trees or shrubs.

Wrightia antidysenterica is sometimes treated in a separate genus Holarrhena, as Holarrhena pubescens. It's been long known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called " kuţaja " in Sanskrit.