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Tabernaemontana corymbosa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Roxburgh ex Wallich

Common Names

• Ko tinh pét (Laos)
• Saratong (Malaysia)
• Restong (Malaysia)
• Restong Badak (Malaysia)
• Istong Parah (Malaysia)
• Jantong Badak (Malaysia)
• Jelutong Badak (Malaysia)
• Sembu Badak (Malaysia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. China
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Malacca
• Negri-Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Selangor - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• forest

Flowering Times

• Sep (Laos)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (Laos)
• Oct (Vietnam)

Climber-creeper or glabrous tree or shrub, lenticellate stems, coriaceous leaves to 400mm x 150mm with stem-clasping petioles, subterminal or axillary pubescent cymes to 100mm long of white flowers, 5 sepals to 1.5m long, pubescent calyx tube to 1mm long with 7 lobes, 5 petals to 14mm x 6mm, corolla tube to 25mm with pubescent lobes to 12mm long, paired brown or orange curved-beaked follicles to 45mm x 25mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• FOMP
• Kew