Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Apocynaceae | Genus: Wrightia | Species: Wrightia arborea (Dennst.) Mabb. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Periploca arborea Dennst., Wrightia tomentosa (Roxb.), Nerium tomentosum (Roemer & Schultes) Roxb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Daira, Dharauli | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Woolly Dyeing Rosebay | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Dudhi, daira, dharauli | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1000m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit are pods joined together, cylindric, 14-21 × 3-4 cm. |
| Habitat | Miscellaneous forests, often associated with Sal. | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | Sub Himalayan tracts, warmer parts of India; Sri Lanka, Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark is gray, thick and corky. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees or shrubs, with grey corky bark, to 8 m high. Leaves elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, membranous, tomentose on both sides. Flowers pale-yellow to white, in erect, terminal, corymbose cymes. Calyx short. Corolla pale-yellow. Anthers sagittate. Ovary of 2-connate carpels. Follicles 2, connate, grooved at the junction of carpels, straight, rough, with white specks; seeds numerous, with a tuft of white silky-hairs. | Leaf Details | Leaves elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, membranous, tomentose on both sides. |
