Tabernaemontana crassa Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Tabernaemontana

Characteristics

A small tree. The flowers are white and open in the evening. They have a scent.
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Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the evening
A small to medium-sized tree
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Occurs widely in the understorey of open forest, forest clearings or bush, also along the coast, less often in gallery forest, from sea-level up to elevations of 2,000 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet forest.
In wet forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Medicine only.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Tabernaemontana crassa leaf picture by Gnagbo Anthelme (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tabernaemontana crassa world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Conservation status

Tabernaemontana crassa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82072-1
WFO ID wfo-0000319808
COL ID 549S9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446929
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Synonyms

Sarcopharyngia crassa Sarcopharyngia gentilii Tabernaemontana durissima Tabernaemontana jollyana Tabernaemontana smithii Conopharyngia durissima Conopharyngia jollyana Conopharyngia macrosiphon Conopharyngia smithii Conopharyngia thonneri Gabunia dorotheae Gabunia gentilii Conopharyngia crassa Conopharyngia gentilii Tabernaemontana crassa Tabernaemontana thonneri