''Wrightia antidysenterica'', the coral swirl or tellicherry bark, is a flowering plant in the genus ''

Wrightia ''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 Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia. The species are all small trees or ...

''. ''Wrightia antidysenterica'' is sometimes confused with the species ''

Holarrhena pubescens ''Holarrhena pubescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochin ...

'' due to a second, taxonomically invalid publication of the name ''Holarrhena pubescens''. It is known in Sanskrit as ' or '.

Construction

The juice of this plant is a potent ingredient for a mixture of wall plaster, according to the Samarāṅgaṇa Sūtradhāra, which is a Sanskrit treatise dealing with Śilpaśāstra (Hindu science of art and construction).

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antidysenterica Flora of Nepal Flora of Thailand {{Apocynaceae-stub