✿Apocynaceae · Wrightia
Kutajah / Arctic Snow
Wrightia antidysenterica
outdoor
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Wrightia antidysenterica
- Genus
- Wrightia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat, Jharkhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kutajah itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Sanskrit
- Kutajah
About Kutajah
Arctic Snow (Wrightia antidysenterica) belongs to the Apocynaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and 2 other states.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Kutajah belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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