Kingdom: Plantae

Clade: Tracheophytes

Clade: Angiosperms

Clade: Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

Order:  Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

Genus: Wrightia

Species: W. tinctoria

Description: Deciduous trees, grey, smooth; outer layer thin, inner layer thick, brittle, creamy; latex milky white. Leaves simple, opposite, distichous. Flower bisexual, white, scented, in terminal cymes appearing along with new leaves; bracts 2, minute. Calyx lobes 5, with membranous margin, Corolla salver shaped, lobes 5, fimbriate corona scales, tube 1.5-2 mm. Stamens 5, inserted on the mouth of the tube, anthers sagittate, spurred at base, conniving and adhering to the stigma. Carpels 2, free; ovules many; style filiform, stigma ovoid, usually with a toothed basal ring. Fruit of 2 follicular mericarps, 

Uses: It has several medicinal properties.