Luculia

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image = Luculia gratissima.jpg

|image_caption = Luculia gratissima

|parent_authority = Rydin & B.Bremer

|taxon = Luculia

|authority = Sweet

|type_species = Luculia gratissima

|type_species_authority = Sweet

}}

Luculia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Robert Sweet in 1826 and is currently found from the Himalayas to southern China.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Luculia|title=Luculia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae|accessdate=11 July 2012}} The species are shrubs or small trees, generally found on upland scrub and woodland or forest margins. They have large leaves from 20 to 35 cm with prominent veins carried in opposite pairs. The inflorescence is a terminal umbel or corymb of tubular/open ended white, pink or creamy flowers with 5 spreading petals. It may be from 10 to 20 cm, depending on the species.Christopher Brickell, The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Dorling Kindersley, London, 1996, p634. {{ISBN|0-7513-0436-0}}