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Tabernaemontana crassa
Tabernaemontana crassa is a shrub or small tree from tropical West and Central Africa, growing up to 15 m tall in forest and coastal habitats. It is grown for its fragrant white to pale yellow flowers and needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions.
Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
Tabernaemontana crassa is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola. Its habitat is forests or on coastlines from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude.
Tabernaemontana crassa is used in local traditional medicine as an anaesthetic, as a haemostatic, as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of rheumatism, kidney problems, rickets and conjunctivitis. It has also been used as arrow poison.
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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.
