Daira / Woolly Dyeing Rosebay
Wrightia arborea
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Wrightia arborea
- Genus
- Wrightia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China. S.China, Malay Penisula
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- 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
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- दाईरा daira, धरौली dharauli, दूधी dudhi, Daira
- Nepali
- रानी खिर्रो Raanee Khirro, दरुला Darulaa, ठुलो कुरो Thulo Kuro
- Bengali
- দূধকোৰৈযা Dudhkoraiya
- Tamil
- வெட்பாலை vet-palai, Dharauli, Karupaalai, Pala
- Telugu
- అడవిఅంకుడు adaviankudu, Kailamukri, Nugu pala, Paala adavi venkudu
- Kannada
- Benki gida, Benki-gida, Bilikada, Kaadu-kanagilu
- Malayalam
- അയ്യപ്പാല ayyappaala, മയിലംപാല mayilampaala, Mylampala, Ayyappala
- Marathi
- पांडु कुडा pandu kuda, तांबडा कुडा tambda kuda, Buralicode, Tambda kuda
- Sanskrit
- Kutaja
- Gujarati
- Dudhlo
- Odia
- Bot-kurhein, Dhubo kure, Duku keruen, Harido
- Assamese
- Aatkuri, Dudh-goch, Dudhkhoroi, Kharu
About Daira
Woolly Dyeing Rosebay (Wrightia arborea) is a tree belonging to the Apocynaceae family (Dogbane family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite/whorled simple leaves, cymose/umbellate flower clusters, follicle pair fruit. It is typically found in dry deciduous forests and sacred groves. It occurs across India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China. S.China, Malay Penisula. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during April-December.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Daira belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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