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Wrightia arborea is a tree from the dogbane family, native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and southern China, that can reach about 20 m and is valued locally for timber and dye. It is rarely grown as an ornamental and is best suited to warm, frost-free climates.
Wrightia arborea, the woolly dyeing rosebay, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and southern China. A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), local peoples use it for timber and as the source of a dye.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wrightia arborea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
