Wikstroemia indica

Wikstroemia indica (L.) C. Meyer, Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 357 1843. (syn: Capura purpurata L.; Daphne aquilaria Blanco; Daphne cannabina Lour.; Daphne indica L.; Daphne indica subsp. linearifolia (Ebner) J. J. Halda; Daphne indica subsp. novaecaledoniae (Gand.) J. J. Halda; Daphne viridiflora Wall.; Diplomorpha viridiflora C. A. Mey.; Wikstroemia amplifolia (Schlechter) Domke; Wikstroemia forsteri Decne.; Wikstroemia indica var. viridiflora Hook.fil.; Wikstroemia linearifolia Elmer; Wikstroemia novaecaledoniae Gandoger; Wikstroemia ovata F. Villar; Wikstroemia pachyphylla Merr.; Wikstroemia pulgarensis Elmer; Wikstroemia purpurata Druce; Wikstroemia shuttleworthiana Meissn.; Wikstroemia shuttleworthii Meissn.; Wikstroemia subcoriacea Merr.; Wikstroemia valbrayi Leveille; Wikstroemia viridiflora Meissn.);
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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to SW. Pacific, Australia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam as per POWO;
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China (Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Vietnam, peninsular Thailand, Australia (Wessell Islands and near Gove, Northern Territory, and along the eastern coast as far S as Sydney, New South Wales), Java (I), New Caledonia, Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji, peninsular Malaysia, India, Sumatra, Lesser Sunda Isl., Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, Mauritius (I), Rodrigues (I), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Shan, Taninthayi), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;
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SK1587 21 Nov 2018 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10)- around 600 kb each.

Location: Victoria Peak, Hong Kong 
Date: 2 November 2018
Elevation: 1300 ft.
Habit : Wild
Looks like Wikstroemia indica.
Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A.Mey.
Thank you …
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MS 130711 -38- Wikstroemia uva-ursi:
I am attaching the photographs of Wikstroemia uva-ursi (family Thymeliaceae).
A spreading shrub 1 to 2 ft height. Photos taken at Guindy National park. Chennai.  Date : Around 2008 August ?
The plant can be used for ground cover (ornamental) also .

I think this is Wikstroemia indica (as per images and details herein), the only listed species in Flora of Peninsular India and as per POWO.

Wikstroemia uva-ursi is endemic to Hawaii as per POWO and also looks different as per Wikimedia Commons.

 

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