10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 2 Issue 2 2011 (April - June) Comparative phytochemical and antibacterial activities of bark of lessThan i greaterThan Wrightia tinctoria lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Wrightia arborea lessThan /i greaterThan were investigated. The bark extracts showed the presence of alkaloids, phenolics, saponins and tannins in both the species. The antibacterial activities of bark of lessThan i greaterThan W. tinctoria lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan W. arborea lessThan /i greaterThan in successive different solvent were tested against gram +ve and gram -ve organisms. The chloroform extracts of lessThan i greaterThan W. arborea lessThan /i greaterThan showed the broader spectrum of antibacterial activity when compared with lessThan i greaterThan W. tinctoria lessThan /i greaterThan . However, lessThan i greaterThan Wrightia tinctoria lessThan /i greaterThan is a widely used medicinal plant. M. S. Khyade And N. P. Vaikos Comparative, bark, Wrightia species, phytochemical, antibacterial 176-181