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Tabernaemontana heterophylla

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Vahl

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Sometimes scandent glabrous shrub or tree to 2m. Leaves to 150mm x 50mm. 6-8 flowered glabrous cymes with bracts to 2.5mm long to 30mm long, calyx teeth 2mm long, calyx tube 5mm long, 5 segments, white corolla to 10mm x 2mm, corolla lobes 22.5mm long. Orange warty follicles to 35mm x 10mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• FOPE