Tabernaemontana
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Height: | ⇕ | 1 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 15 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15. |
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers, foliage |
USDA Zones: | 11 to 12 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | white |
Tabernaemontana is a genus of 100-110 species of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution. These plants are shrubs and small trees growing to 1-15 m tall. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, 3-25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called "milkwood". The flowers are fragrant, white, 1-5 cm in diameter.
The cultivar T. divaricata cv. 'Plena', with doubled-petaled flowers, is a popular houseplant. Crape Jasmine (T. coronaria) is also popular as an ornamental plant.
ExpandRead about Tabernaemontana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
Selected species:
- Tabernaemontana africana. Africa.
- Tabernaemontana alba – White Milkwood. Central America.
- Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia. Southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America.
- Tabernaemontana antheonycta
- Tabernaemontana apoda
- Tabernaemontana bovina. Southern China to Thailand.
- Tabernaemontana bufalina. Southern China to Thailand.
- Tabernaemontana calcarea. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana capuronii. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana catharinensis. Western South America.
- Tabernaemontana cerifera New Caledonia
- Tabernaemontana ciliata. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana citrifolia – Common Milkwood. Caribbean.
- Tabernaemontana coffeoides. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana cordata
- Tabernaemontana coronaria – Crape Jasmine syn. Tabernaemontana divaricata
- Tabernaemontana corymbosa
- Tabernaemontana crassa. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana crassifolia. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana cumata
- Tabernaemontana cymosa. Western South America.
- Tabernaemontana debrayi. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana divaricata – Pinwheel Flower, Nero's Crown. Northern India to Thailand.
- Tabernaemontana elegans Stapf – Toad Tree. South Africa north to Somalia.
- Tabernaemontana eusepala. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana eusepaloides. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana fuchsiaefolia A.DC.
- Tabernaemontana gamblei
- Tabernaemontana heterophylla Vahl
- Tabernaemontana heyneana
- Tabernaemontana humblotii. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana longipes
- Tabernaemontana mocquerysii. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana muricata
- Tabernaemontana ochroleuca
- Tabernaemontana oppositifolia
- Tabernaemontana orientalis R.Br.
- Tabernaemontana ovalifolia
- Tabernaemontana pachysiphon. Tropical East Africa.
- Tabernaemontana pandacaqui – Banana Bush. Southeast Asia, Australasia, western Pacific Ocean islands.
- Tabernaemontana panamensis
- Tabernaemontana phymata. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana persicariaefolia
- Tabernaemontana polyneura
- Tabernaemontana remota
- Tabernaemontana retusa. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana rostrata. Southeast Asia.
- Tabernaemontana sambiranensis. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana sananho Ruiz & Pav.. Northern South America.
- Tabernaemontana sessilifolia. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana siphilitica. Northern South America.
- Tabernaemontana stellata. Madagascar.
- Tabernaemontana stenosiphon
- Tabernaemontana thurstonii
- Tabernaemontana undulata – Bëcchëte
- Tabernaemontana ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC. – Forest Toad Tree. Cameroon, South Africa.
- Tabernaemontana wullschlaegelii
Gallery
Ornamental Pinwheel Flower (T. divaricata) cv. 'Plena'
...Tabernaemontana pandacaqui (Banana Bush) bear their common names in reference to their peculiar fruit.
References
External links
- w:Tabernaemontana. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Tabernaemontana QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)