Wrightia
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Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia.[1] The species are all small trees or shrubs.[2]
The genus was named for William Wright (1735-1819), Scottish physician and botanist, by Robert Brown.
Wrightia antidysenterica has long been known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called "kuţaja" in Sanskrit.
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