Wrightia religiosa

Wrightia religiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Subfamily:Apocynoideae
Genus:Wrightia
Species: W. religiosa
Binomial name
Wrightia religiosa
Synonyms[1]

Wrightia religiosa[2] is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: China (Guangdong), Indochina and Malesia including the Philippines; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]

This species is commonly a bonsai plant, used in pagodas of Indo-China and elsewhere. In Viet Nam, it may be called: Mai chiếu thủy, mai chấn thủy, mai trúc thủy, or lòng mức miên; in English, it has sometimes been translated as water jasmine.

References

  1. ↑ "Wrightia religiosa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Hook. f. (1882) In: Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 653
  3. ↑ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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