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Tabernaemontana ventricosa est un arbuste appartenant à la famille des Apocynacées.

Atteignant au maximum 15 mètres de haut, c'est un arbuste ou un petit arbre aux feuilles simples, opposées aux fleurs blanches parfumées.

On le trouve en Afrique dans sa moitié sud, depuis le Cameroun, le Congo, le Kenya, l'Ouganda jusqu'en Afrique du Sud.

Il est utilisé localement pour ses propriétés médicinales.

Liens externes

• (en) Référence JSTOR Plants : Tabernaemontana ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC.

• Portail de la botanique

На других языках

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[en] Tabernaemontana ventricosa

Tabernaemontana ventricosa (commonly known as forest toad-tree or small-fruited toad-tree[3]) is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in) and has white sap. Leaves are paired (set opposite each other) and crowded near the ends of branches. They are oblong, leathery and a glossy dark green.[3] Flowers are fragrant with white, somewhat twisted lobes, often with a pale yellow center and are set in small clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is dark green, set in spreading pairs of ellipsoids or oval, beaked pods, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in diameter. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,850 metres (6,000 ft) altitude. In Zimbabwe, it is usually found as part of the understorey of evergreen forests.[3] Local medicinal uses include the treatment of wounds, fever and hypertension.[4] The plant is native to tropical central and southern Africa.[2][4]

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- [fr] Tabernaemontana ventricosa

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