Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 40 centimetres (16 in). Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes. The fruit is green, almost spherical, up to 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) altitude. Its numerous local medicinal uses include as a styptic, and as a treatment for headache, hypertension and to relieve cramps.^[3] The species is native to tropical Africa.^[2][3]

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
In botanic garden, Mahé, Seychelles
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. pachysiphon
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon Stapf[2]
Synonyms[2]
Conopharyngia angolensis (Stapf) Stapf Conopharyngia cumminsii Stapf Conopharyngia holstii (K.Schum) Stapf Conopharyngia pachysiphon (Stapf) Stapf Sarcopharyngia angolensis (Stapf) L.Allorge Tabernaemontana angolensis Stapf Tabernaemontana holstii K.Schum Voacanga dichotoma K.Schum