Wrightia angustifolia

Wrightia angustifolia
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Wrightia
Species: W. angustifolia
Binomial name
Wrightia angustifolia
Thwaites.

Wrightia angustifolia is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

opposite, narrowly lanceolate, tapering base, long acuminate but obtuse apex, glabrous, yellowish-green.

Trunk

willow-like; branchlets drooping; milky latex.

Flowers

creamy white, malodorous, mouth of corolla with series of erect scales (c0rona); Inflorescence - lax cymes.

Fruits

cylindrical follicles, two longitudinal grooves, dehiscent when dry; seeds numerous, compressed, tuft of hair at one end.

Ecology

scrub.

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