Tabernaemontana glabra

Tabernaemontana glabra
	Fructification (in Veracruz, Mexico)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. glabra
Binomial name
	Tabernaemontana glabra; (Benth. ined.) nom. inval.
Synonyms
	Stemmadenia glabra Benth.; Bignonia obovata Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym, not (Kunth) Spreng. 1825 nor Vell. 1829; Stemmadenia mollis Benth.; Stemmadenia pubescens Benth.; Stemmadenia obovata K.Schum.; Stemmadenia calycina Brandegee; Stemmadenia obovata var. mollis (Benth.) Woodson; Tabernaemontana odontadeniiflora A.O.Simões & M.E.Endress;

Tabernaemontana glabra is an evergreen tree from the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia).^[1] It is similar to Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii, except that its leaves and flowers are larger and its fruit is smaller.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
^ Foster, M.S. & McDiarmid, R.M. (1983). "Costa Rican Natural History" (PDF). University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-05-17. ^{[dead link]}