Description
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Trees to 20 m tall. Branches gray or brown, pubescent, lenticellate. Petiole 2-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly so or obovate, 6-18 X 3-8.5 cm, pubescent to glabrescent adaxially, tomentose abaxially; lateral veins 10-15 pairs. Cymes pubescent; peduncle to 2 cm. Pedicel 1-1.5 cm. Sepals ovate or broadly so, ca. 3 mm. Corolla yellowish, pinkish, or salmon, rotate or subrotate; tube 3-7 mm, glabrous; lobes narrowly elliptic to ovate, 0.8-1.6 cm, papillate; corona scales 10, shorter than anthers, glabrous inside, apex dentate. Ovaries connate. Follicles connate, cylindric, 14-21 X 3-4 cm, lenticellate. Seeds linear-fusiform, ca. 2 cm, coma ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. May-Oct, fr. Aug-Dec. 2n = 22.
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Distribution
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E. Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, S. China.
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Distribution
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Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan [India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].
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Habitat
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Deciduous or mixed forests, stream banks; 200-1500 m.
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Synonym
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Periploca arborea Dennstedt, Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 13, 23, 25. 1818; Nerium tomentosum Roxburgh; Wrightia tomentosa (Roxburgh) Roemer & Schultes.
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Wrightia arborea: Brief Summary
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Wrightia arborea, the woolly dyeing rosebay, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and southern China. A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), local peoples use it for timber and as the source of a dye.
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