Wrightia religiosa

(Teijsm. & Binn.) Benth. ex Kurz (1877)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Wrightia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 258 (1877)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Wrightia religiosa [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Preserved_Specimen Shrub; bark fibrous, red-brown dotted with whitish lenticels; flws on thread-like pedicels, odorless; pet apparently doubled, white with purplish margins; no stamens or pistil visible. Hoe, W.J. Oahu BISH 1994-05-03
2 Wrightia religiosa Kailua: 209 Oneawa Kai Pl Preserved_Specimen Potted shrub 2' tall; sap milky. Flws single, white (turning purplish when bruised of with age) sweetly fragrant; anthers connivent around stigma. Infl umbel-like, terminating bran, lateral shoots at infl base. Staples, G.W. 1157 Oahu BISH 1998-04-05