wrightia religiosa benth

Description:

Shrubs to 3 m tall. Branchlets thin, terete , often with many lateral short branchlets, minutely puberulent . Petiole 2-4 mm; leaf blade elliptic , ovate , or narrowly oblong , 2.5-7.5 X 1.5-3 cm, pubescent along midvein ; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Cymes often on short, few-leaved branches, short pedunculate , 1-13-flowered. Pedicel 1.5-2 cm, thin, finely hairy . Sepals ovate, ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla white, subrotate; tube 3-4 mm, glabrous ; lobes ovate, ca. 7 mm, densely pubescent on both surfaces; corona obsolete . Stamens inserted at mouth of corolla tube. Ovaries free . Follicles linear , free, 12-17 cm. Seeds narrowly fusiform 8 mm, to 3.5 cm.

Habitat:

About 155 genera and 2000 species distributed primarily in the tropics and subtropics, poorly represented in the temperate regions . Of the 44 genera and 145 species present in China, one genus and 38 species are endemic, and nearly 95% of the taxa grow in the southern and southwestern portions of the country.

Notes:

I found it in the park of the my village . It is very fragrant, especially at night