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Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia
Photo: Wendy García Monterrubio, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia is a tropical shrub or small tree in the dogbane family, native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northwestern South America. It needs warmth, bright light and regular moisture while young.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Haiti, and northwestern South America.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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