Wikstroemia indica(L.) C.A.Mey.

WFO wfo-0001142540 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204578200
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203456097
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202360468
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202366210
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201197536
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 199067104
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195877897
Wikstroemia indica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195464942

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Wikstroemia indica is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoIndiaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandNew Caledonia Vanuatu
Native distribution of Wikstroemia indica, 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
India IND
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
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
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
New Caledonia NWC PACIFIC
Vanuatu VAN

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 30 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.

  • Capura purpurata L.
  • Daphne cannabina Lour.
  • Daphne indica L.
  • Daphne indica subsp. linearifolia (Elmer) Halda
  • Daphne indica subsp. novae-caledoniae (Gand.) Halda
  • Daphne indica unranked alba J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
  • Daphne viridiflora Wall.
  • Daphne zhouana Halda
  • Diplomorpha viridiflora (Wall. ex Meisn.) C.A.Mey.
  • Wikstroemia amplifolia (Schltr.) Domke
  • Wikstroemia forsteri Decne.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. amplifolia Schltr.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. insularis Schltr.
  • Wikstroemia indica var. viridiflora (Wall. ex Meisn.) Hook.f.
  • Wikstroemia linearifolia Elmer
  • Wikstroemia linearifolia H.F.Zhou ex C.Y.Chang
  • Wikstroemia novae-caledoniae Gand.
  • Wikstroemia ovalifolia Decne.
  • Wikstroemia ovata Fern.-Vill.
  • Wikstroemia pachyphylla Merr.
  • Wikstroemia pulgarensis Elmer
  • Wikstroemia purpurata (L.) Druce
  • Wikstroemia shuttleworthiana Meisn.
  • Wikstroemia shuttleworthii Meisn.

and 6 more.

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.