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'''Wrightia arborea''' is a deciduous tree with a rounded crown; it can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 35cm in diameter; it is unbuttressed. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and as a source of wood and dyes. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in Africa.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Snake bites}}, {{Uses|Scorpion stings}}, {{Uses|Renal complaints}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}.
==Chemical Composition==
It contains Four uncommon sterols, desmosterol, clerosterol, 24-methylene-25-methylcholesterol, and 24-dehydropollinastanol, were isolated and identified in addition to several more common phytosterols etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Kutaja|en=Woolly Dyeing Rosebay|gu=|hi=Daira|kn=|ks=|ml=Ayyappaala|mr=Pandu kuda|pa=|ta=Vet-palai|te=Adaviankudu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous tree}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,300 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Deciduous forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Thickets}}, {{Commonly seen|Often along streams}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Rocky soils}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931199/#:~:text=Four%20uncommon%20sterols%2C%20desmosterol%2C%20clerosterol,of%20Wrightia%20tinctoria%20also%20isolated. Chemical constituents]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref><ref name="MorphologyCommon names">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Woolly%20Dyeing%20Rosebay.html#:~:text=Wrightia%20arborea%20%2D%20Woolly%20Dyeing%20Rosebay&text=Woolly%20Dyeing%20Rosebay%20is%20a,is%20gray%2C%20thick%20and%20corky.&text=They%20are%20borne%20in%20many,at%20the%20end%20of%20branches. Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Wrightia+arborea Cultivation"]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265649 Wrightia tomentosa on indiabiodiversity.org]* [ https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/apocynaceae/wrightia/wrightia-arborea Wrightia tomentosa on sites.google.com]* [ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003194229280469U Wrightia tomentosa on sciencedirect.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
