Tabernaemontana glabra

Tabernaemontana glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. glabra
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana glabra (Benth. ined.) nom. inval.
Synonyms[1]
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

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

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Foster, M.S. & McDiarmid, R.M. (1983). "Costa Rican Natural History" (PDF). University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2012-05-17.