TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Tabernaemontana elegans
Toad TreeFamily: Apocynaceae
Origin: Africa
This small deciduous tree. It has attractive dark green glossy leaves and rough, deeply fissured, corky bark. The flowers are also white and sweetly scented, attracting various insects.
Similar plants:
- Rauvolfia verticillata, Cerbera chinensis, Dissolaena verticillata, Ervatamia ophiorhizoides, Rauvolfia yunnanensis, Tabernaemontana densiflora (Devil Pepper)
- Stemmadenia galeottiana, Tabernaemontana litoralis, Stemmadenia litoralis (Lechoso, Milky Way Tree)
- Stemmadenia grandiflora, Tabernaemontana grandiflora (Wedding Tree, Huevos de gato, Lechugo, Venenillo)
- Tabernaemontana africana (Samoan Gardenia)
- Tabernaemontana aurantiaca (Orange Milkwood)
- Tabernaemontana australis (Australian Pinweel)
- Tabernaemontana corymbosa (Flower of Love)
- Tabernaemontana crassa, Conopharyngia crassa, Conopharyngia durissima (Adam's Apple)
- Tabernaemontana divaricata Flore Pleno, Hollarhena densiflora, Tabernaemontana coronaria (Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, East Indian Rosebay, Adam's Apple, Nero's Crown, Coffee Rose, Crepe Gardenia)
- Tabernaemontana divaricata, Ervatamia divaricata, Ervatamia coronaria (Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine, Crepe Gardenia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/tabernaemontana_elegans.htm