Tabernaemontana corymbosa Roxb. ex Wall.

Tree to 12 m tall, to 20 cm dbh. Bark dark brown, shallowly fissured. Branchlets lenticellate, glabrous, rarely pubescent. Leaves opposite; petiole 3−20 mm long; blade subcoriaceous to papery, drying dark brown, elliptic to obovate, 7−37 by 2−14 cm, 2−6 times as long as wide, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate, glabrous or, rarely, sparsely pubescent below, secondary veins 6−16 pairs, curved ascending and weakly anastomosing before reaching the margin, tertiary venation irregularly scalariform or more or less obscure. Inflorescence 2−25-flowered, 5−13 cm long, glabrous to pubescent, axes lenticellate or not; pedicels 5−30 mm long. Sepals ovate, 2−5 by 1−2.5 mm, 1-2 times as long as wide, apex acute to rounded, ciliate, otherwise glabrous outside. Corolla white, in mature bud 17−38 mm long with ovoid to subglobose head which is 0.2-0.33 of bud length, apex obtuse; tube 15−31 mm long, 6-11 times as long as calyx, 1.7-2.4 times as long as lobes; lobes 9−16 by 4−10 mm, 1.8-3 times as long as wide, apex rounded; pubescent at least at base inside, usually ciliate. Stamens inserted in the upper half of corolla tube; anthers 2−5 by 0.5−1.5 mm. Ovaries glabrous or with a few hairs, 1.5−2 mm long; style 10−16 mm long; style head 1.5−2.2 mm long. Fruit of 2 separate follicles, red or yellow, 2−4.5 by 0.6−3 cm, with or without ridges, 5−20-seeded. Seeds with a red or orange aril.

Mixed woods, brushwoods, at elevations of 500-1,700 metres. Scrub or forest from sea-level to 1,500 metres

Can be grown by seedlings.