Tabernaemontana ventricosa

Tabernaemontana ventricosa (commonly known as forest toad-tree or small-fruited toad-tree[3]) is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in) and has white sap. Leaves are paired (set opposite each other) and crowded near the ends of branches. They are oblong, leathery and a glossy dark green.[3] Flowers are fragrant with white, somewhat twisted lobes, often with a pale yellow center and are set in small clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is dark green, set in spreading pairs of ellipsoids or oval, beaked pods, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in diameter. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,850 metres (6,000 ft) altitude. In Zimbabwe, it is usually found as part of the understorey of evergreen forests.[3] Local medicinal uses include the treatment of wounds, fever and hypertension.[4] The plant is native to tropical central and southern Africa.[2][4]

Tabernaemontana ventricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species:
T. ventricosa
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana ventricosa
Synonyms[2]
  • Conopharyngia rutshuruensis De Wild.
  • Conopharyngia usambarensis (K.Schum ex Engl.) Stapf
  • Conopharyngia ventricosa (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Stapf
  • Domkeocarpa pendula Markgr.
  • Sarcopharyngia ventricosa (Hochst. ex A.DC.) Boiteau
  • Tabernaemontana usambarensis K.Schum ex Engl.

References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020). "Tabernaemontana ventricosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T146457429A146457431. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. "Tabernaemontana ventricosa". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. "Tabernaemontana ventricosa". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. pp. 597–598. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.


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