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Tabernaemontana glabra

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Tabernaemontana glabra is an evergreen tree from the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia).[1][2] It is similar to Tabernaemontana donnell-smithii, except that its leaves and flowers are larger and its fruit is smaller.[3]

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Tabernaemontana glabra
Fructification (in Veracruz, Mexico)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species:
T. glabra
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana glabra
(Benth.) A.O.Simões & M.E.Endress
Synonyms[2]
  • Stemmadenia glabra Benth.
  • Bignonia obovata Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym, not (Kunth) Spreng. 1825 nor Vell. 1829
  • Stemmadenia mollis Benth.
  • Stemmadenia pubescens Benth.
  • Stemmadenia obovata K.Schum.
  • Stemmadenia calycina Brandegee
  • Stemmadenia obovata var. mollis (Benth.) Woodson
  • Tabernaemontana odontadeniiflora A.O.Simões & M.E.Endress
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