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Wrightia antidysenterica
Wrightine Wright"ine, n. (Chem.) A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for diarrh[oe]a. Called also conessine, and neriine.

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- Wrightia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It native to tropical Africa, China, the Indian...
- Wrightia tinctoria, Pala indigo plant or dyer's oleander, is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India, southeast Asia and Australia...
- Wrightia religiosa is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: China (Guangdong), Indochina and Malaysia including the Philippines;...
- Wrightia antidysenterica, the coral swirl or tellicherry bark, is a flowering plant in the genus Wrightia. Wrightia antidysenterica is sometimes confused...
- Wrightia pubescens is a species of small tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland), southern...
- Wrightia flavorosea, was a flowering plant in the genus Wrightia. It was endemic to Sri Lanka, where the plant is known to be extinct. The plant was first...
- Wrightia lanceolata is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Thailand. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Wrightia...
- Wrightia lecomtei is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in Cambodia and Thailand in dry and evergreen forests. It is a shrub to...
- Wrightia annamensis is a small tree species in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: southern China, Cambodia and Viet Nam: where it may be...
- Wrightia demartiniana is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. Wrightia demartiniana grows as a shrub or small tree up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall. Its...