Willughbeia
(named after Francis Willughby, 1635-1672, and English naturalist, pupil of Ray). SYN. Ancylocladus. ORD Apocynaceae. A genus comprising eight or ten Malayan and East Asiatic species of stove, sarmentose or tall-climbing shrubs, all supposed to yield caoutchouc. Flowers in axillary cymes; calyx short, five-lobed; corolla salver-shaped, the tube nearly glabrous within, the mouth naked or with fleshy glands alternating with the lobes; stamens included in the tube. Berry large, globose or avoid, many-seeded. Leaves opposite, on short petioles. For culture of W. edulis, the only species introduced, see Allamanda.
W. edulis (edible). fl. of a pale pink colour; cymes on short, stout peduncles. July. fr. edible, sub-ovoid, the size of a lemon. l. 4in. to 7in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtusely acuminate or caudate, acute at base, thinly coriaceous; petioles 1/2in. to 3/4in. long. India, 1818. An immense climber.