Holarrhena pubescens

Wrightia antidysenterica is sometimes mistaken to belong to a separate genus Holarrhena, as Holarrhena pubescens. It's been long known in Indian Ayurvedic tradition, and is called ku?aja in Sanskrit.

Holarrhena pubescens is indigenous in the eastern part of tropical Africa and in tropical Asia (from India to Vietnam). In Africa, it occurs from eastern DR Congo and Kenya south to northern South Africa. It is planted in botanical gardens in Africa, India and the Indian Ocean Islands. Uses The stem bark and root bark of Holarrhena pubescens are used throughout its distribution area in the treatment of amoebic dysentery. More