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Taxon:  Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.



Summary
Genus:
Tabernaemontana
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Nomen number:
315194
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 4:427. 1819
Verified:
01/23/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Nerium divaricatum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf
Nerium coronarium Jacq.
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.
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Reference(s)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Ervatamia divaricata
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  3. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. 1991. A revision of Tabernaemontana. I. The Old World species. 1:153. Note: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
  8. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:58.
  9. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf
  10. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  11. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
Adam's-apple –
broadleaf rose bay –
butterfly-gardenia –
Ceylon-jessamine –
crape-gardenia –
crape-jasmine –
crepe-jessamine –
East Indian rose bay –
flowers-of-love –
pinwheel-flower –
French
fleur d'amour –
Transcribed Chinese
gou ya hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n. & e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos n.w.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.
2Cultivated    cult. in tropics
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (n. & e.), Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos (n.w.), Myanmar, Thailand (n.)
Cultivated (cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Ervatamia coronariaKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315194. Accessed 29 May 2025.