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Tabernaemontana undulata is a shrub or small tree from the Amazon rainforest, known locally as becchete, and it is used medicinally by the Matis and Matsés peoples. It is a tropical species that needs warmth, humidity and filtered light.
Tabernaemontana undulata, the becchete or bëcchëte (pronounced b'-chéw-teh, a Matis and Matsés word for a medicinal plant) is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae. It occurs in the Amazon rainforest.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tabernaemontana undulata 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.
