Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana
	Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:	Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe:	Tabernaemontaninae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana; Plum. ex L.
Synonyms
	35 Synonyms Anabata Willd. ex Spreng. ; Anacampta Miers ; Anartia Miers ; Bonafousia A.DC. ; Camerunia (Pichon) Boiteau ; Capuronetta Markgr. ; Clerkia Neck. ; Codonemma Miers ; Conopharyngia G.Don ; Domkeocarpa Markgr. ; Ervatamia (A.DC.) Stapf ; Gabunia K.Schum. ; Hazunta Pichon ; Leptopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau ; Merizadenia Miers ; Muntafara Pichon ; Ochronerium Baill. ; Odontostigma A.Rich. ; Oistanthera Markgr. ; Pagiantha Markgr. ; Pandaca Noronha ex Thouars ; Pandacastrum Pichon ; Peschiera A.DC. ; Phrissocarpus Miers ; Protogabunia Boiteau ; Pterotaberna Stapf ; Quadricasaea Woodson ; Reichardia Dennst. ; Rejoua Gaudich. ; Sarcopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau ; Stemmadenia Benth. ; Stenosolen (Müll.Arg.) Markgr. ; Taberna Miers ; Testudipes Markgr. ; Woytkowskia Woodson ;

Tabernaemontana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[1]^[2] These plants are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, 3–25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called "milkwood". The flowers are fragrant, white, 1–5 cm in diameter.

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The cultivar T. divaricata cv. 'Plena', with doubled-petaled flowers, is a popular houseplant.

Some members of the genus Tabernaemontana are used as additives to some versions of the psychedelic drink ayahuasca;^[3] the genus is known to contain ibogaine (e.g. in bëcchëte, T. undulata), conolidine (present in minor concentration in T. divaricata)^[4] and voacangine (T. alba, T. arborea, T. africana).^[5] Because of presence of coronaridine and voacangine in Mexican Tabernaemontana species,^[5] those plant could be used in economic production of anti-addictive alkaloids especially ibogaine and ibogamine.^[6] T. sananho preparations are used in native medicine to treat eye injuries and as an anxiolytic, and T. heterophylla is used to treat dementia in the elderly.^[7] Conolidine may be developed as a new class of pain killer.^[8] Caterpillars of the oleander hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) have been found to feed on the pinwheelflower (T. divaricata).

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Tabernaemontana

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