Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical shrubland

Range

South Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This shrub grows in rocky tropical forests and produces clusters of white flowers. Its petals twist into a pinwheel shape that snaps shut when touched by insects.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Wrightia

Species

Wrightia antidysenterica