Daira / Woolly Dyeing Rosebay
Wrightia arborea
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, 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
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim, West Bengal
- 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
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Daira itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
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) belongs to the Apocynaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and 12 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Daira belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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