Wrightia tinctoria R.Br.

A small deciduous tree. It grows 8 m tall. The bark is grey or pale brown and becomes cracked with age. The leaves are in pairs opposite each other. They are pointy at the tip. They can be 15 cm long. The are softly hairy. The leaf stalk is very short. The flowers are white and about 3 cm wide. There are 5 narrow twisted petals. The stamens form a cone at the centre. There are lacy threads around the cone. The flowers have a smell of vanilla. The fruit are a pair of long slender cylinders. They hang down and are joined below at the tip. They are green when young.

A tropical plant. It grows in dry deciduous forest. It grows up to 1,200 m altitude in Peninsula India.

The flowers are sometimes used as a vegetable. The leaves, fruit and seeds can also be used as vegetables. The juice of the fresh unripe fruit is used to coagulate milk.

Plants can be grown from seed or using cuttings. Root suckers can also be used.