Tabernaemontana crassa

Tabernaemontana crassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. crassa
Binomial name
*Tabernaemontana crassa* Benth.
Synonyms^[1]
Conopharyngia crassa (Benth.) Stapf Conopharyngia durissima (Stapf) Stapf Conopharyngia gentilii De Wild. De Wild. Conopharyngia jollyana Stapf Conopharyngia smithii (Stapf) Stapf Conopharyngia thonneri (T.Durand & De Wild. ex Stapf) Stapf Gabunia dorotheae Wernham Gabunia gentilii De Wild. Sarcopharyngia crassa (Benth.) Boiteau Sarcopharyngia gentilii (De Wild.) Boiteau Tabernaemontana durissima Stapf Tabernaemontana jollyana Pierre ex Stapf Tabernaemontana smithii Stapf Tabernaemontana thonneri T.Durand & De Wild. ex Stapf

Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in). Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes. Habitat is in forests or on coastlines from sea-level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude. Its numerous local medicinal uses include as an anaesthetic, as a haemostatic, as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of rheumatism, kidney problems, rickets and conjunctivitis. It has also been used as arrow poison.^[2] T. crassa is native to Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

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