Tabernaemontana divaricata
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Description
Shrub or small tree to 3 m.
Leaves:
Inflorescence 5-18 cm long;
Sepals ovate, 2-5 by 1-2.5 mm, 1.3-2.4 times as long as wide, apex mostly obtuse, more rarely acute, glabrous, sparsely ciliate or not.
Stamens inserted in bottom half or around middle of corolla tube (the cultivated specimens tend to have them higher);
Ovaries 1.5-2 mm long;
Fruit obliquely ellipsoid, sometimes torulose, longitudinally ridged, 2.2-7 by 0.6-1.1 cm, apex acuminate, 2-10-seeded.
Seeds obliquely ellipsoid with longitudinal grooves, 7-10 by 4-6 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Bangladesh (Bangladesh present); Cambodia (Cambodia present); East Himalaya (Bhutan present); Laos (Laos present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, Nepal present, North-eastern India present
North-eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, LaosVietnam. Commonly cultivated and sometimes naturalised in Malesia.
Citation
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