Wrightia religiosa


Wrightia religiosa is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its distribution includes: China, Indochina and Malesia including the Philippines; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
This species is commonly a bonsai plant, used in pagodas of Indo-China and elsewhere. In Viet Nam, it may be called: Mai chiếu thủy, mai chấn thủy, mai trúc thủy, or lòng mức miên; in English, it has sometimes been translated as water jasmine. It produces small, pendulous white flowers that have a fragrance similar to true jasmine.

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