Wrightia religiosa

Wrightia religiosa[2] is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae.

Its distribution includes: China (Guangdong), Indochina and Malaysia including the Philippines; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

[3] This species is commonly a bonsai plant, used in pagodas of Indo-China and elsewhere.

In Viet Nam, it may be called: Mai chiếu thủy, mai chấn thủy, mai trúc thủy, or lòng mức miên; in English, it has sometimes been translated as water jasmine.

It produces small, pendulous white flowers that have a fragrance similar to true jasmine.