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Wrightia arborea

Wrightia arborea

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree
Growth—

A plant of the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,300 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 32°c, but can tolerate 5 - 45°c[1]. When dormant, the plant can survive temperatures down to about -1°c, but young growth can be severely damaged at 0°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,200 - 2,400mm, but tolerates 900 - 3,800mm[1]. Grows best in a sunny position[1]. Grows best in a well-drained, sandy to loamy soil of low fertility[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 7, tolerating 5 - 7.5[1]. The bark is thick and corky[2]. This probably gives the tree some resistance to fires[PFAF].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Wrightia+arborea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
  3. [3]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  4. [4]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens Vol. 52 — Missouro Botanical Garden · 1965 ↩︎An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. Amongst other things, this issue contains parts of the Flora of Panama.
  5. [5]Tropical Flowering Plants. A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. — Llamas K.A. · Timber Press; Oregon. · 2003 · ISBN 0-88192-585-3 ↩︎A terse guide for the gardener to almost 1,500 species of ornamental tropical plants with brief details on their cultivation and, usually, a small photograph of good quality.
  6. [6]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  7. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎