Tabernaemontana alternifolia

Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.

Tabernaemontana alternifolia
Leaves and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. alternifolia
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.
Synonyms[1]
Ervatamia alternifolia (L.) S.M.Almeida Ervatamia heyneana (Wall.) T.Cooke Pagiantha crispa (Roxb.) Markgr. Pagiantha heyneana (Wall.) Markgr. Tabernaemontana crispa Roxb. Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. Tabernaemontana intercedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Tabernaemontana oblonga Wall.

Taxonomy

The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia.^[2] Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies.^[2] However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.^[3]

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  Unripe fruit
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  Ripe fruit