Tabernaemontana dichotoma – eFlora of India

June 6, 2013
Tabernaemontana

Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wall., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1273 1829. (syn: Cerbera dichotoma Lodd. [Invalid]; Ervatamia dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Burkill; Pagiantha dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Markgr.; Rejoua dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Gamble; Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb.; Tabernaemontana laurifolia Ker Gawl.; Tanghinia dichotoma G.Don);

Image by Siva Siva – identified by Michael van der Poorten & Vijayasankar Raman (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)

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Can you pl ID this medicinal plant, a small shrub that grows in dry area in Northern Sri Lanka. Photo was taken in March 2013

It may be Tabernaemontana heyneana

This is Pagiantha dichotoma. The seeds if crushed and eaten can lead to death; birds swallow them whole and appear to like them very much.

Agreeing with … id : Pagiantha dichotoma (Syn. Tabernaemontana dichotoma).

References:

The Plant List springer reference Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary edited by C.P. Khare

Floristic Plants Of The World (3 Vol.) By Rashtra Vardhana

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