Wrightia coccinea Sims

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Wrightia

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall. Bark pale gray to brownish; branchlets lenticellate, glabrous. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 5-17 X 3-8 cm, glabrous or puberulent along veins abaxially, base obtuse to acute, apex caudate-acuminate; lateral veins 8-14 pairs. Flowers solitary or in cymes, 2-3.5 cm. Sepals broadly ovate, 5-9 mm. Corolla reddish, funnelform; tube campanulate, shorter than calyx; lobes broadly obovate, papillate; corona crimson, cup-shaped, apex incised. Anthers exserted. Ovaries connate. Follicles linear, connate, 14-20 cm, conspicuously lenticellate. Seeds linear, ca. 2 cm, coma to 4 cm. Fl. Jan-May, fr. Jun-Dec. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mixed forests and thickets on mountain slopes; at elevations from 300-1,800 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Wrightia coccinea world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82841-1
WFO ID wfo-0000334518
COL ID 5C3NF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nerium coccineum Nerium coccineum Wrightia coccinea