Polygala arillataBuch.-Ham. ex D.Don

WFO wfo-0001219788 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. a Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-12-16 / obs. 42743476
Polygala arillata, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. b Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139920435
Polygala arillata, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. c Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145088041
Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42743461
Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42743534
Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42743532
Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42743539
Polygala arillata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42743575

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Polygala arillata is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTibetAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Polygala arillata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Tibet CHT

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 8 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.

  • Chamaebuxus arillata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Hassk.
  • Chamaebuxus paniculata Hassk.
  • Cratalaria duboisii H.Lév.
  • Polygala arillata var. arillata
  • Polygala arillata var. ovata Gagnep.
  • Polygala hasskarlii Merr. & Chun
  • Polygala kerrii Craib
  • Polygala wistariifolia Chodat

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.

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