Ayenia elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to southeastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, south-central China (Yunnan), eastern India (Assam and neighboring states), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Peninsular Malaysia.

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elegans
Indomalayan realm flora
Flora of Yunnan
Plants described in 1824
Taxa named by Henry Nicholas Ridley