Fagraea ceilanicaThunb.

WFO wfo-0000685540 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Raja bandi
fig. a Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-12-24 / obs. 108589725
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 25459100
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 153429063
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by sunnyjosef
fig. d sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186256452
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Raja bandi
fig. e Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108589727
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56621925
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. g Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143817733
Fagraea ceilanica, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56621926

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Fagraea ceilanica is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Vanuatu
Native distribution of Fagraea ceilanica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Vanuatu VAN PACIFIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bertuchia speciosa Dennst. ex Kostel.
  • Fagraea birmanica Gand.
  • Fagraea chinensis Merr.
  • Fagraea gardneri Thwaites
  • Fagraea khasiana Benth.
  • Fagraea malabarica Blume
  • Fagraea malabarica Wight
  • Fagraea obovata Wall.
  • Fagraea obovata var. gardneri (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke
  • Fagraea prainii Gand.
  • Fagraea rostrata Blume
  • Fagraea sasakii Hayata
  • Gardenia heteroclyta J.Koenig ex Blume
  • Hillia prasiantha Lem.
  • Willughbeia ceilanica (Thunb.) Spreng.
  • Willughbeia obovata (Wall.) Spreng.
  • Winchia cirrhifera Gardner ex Thwaites

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.