Tabernaemontana arborea J. N. Rose ex J. D. Sm.

Tabernaemontana arborea Rose; Donn. Smith, Bot
Gaz. 18: 206. 1893.
Tabernaemontana Schippii Standley, Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 8: 34. 1930.
Tree, attaining a height of 20 m., essentially glabrous throughout; leaves membranaceous, ovate-elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 7-18 cm. long, 2-7 cm. broad, shortly and obtusely acuminate, obtuse to broadly acute at the base, the petioles 5-25 mm. long; inflorescence broadly corymbose, much branched, usually shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing numerous, fragrant, white flowers; pedicels 5-8 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 2--3 mm. long, scarcely imbricate at the base; corolla salverform, the tube 7-9 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. in diameter at the base, conspicuously narrowed toward the orifice, the lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, 12-15 mm. long, spreading; stamens inserted near the base of the corollatube, the anthers uniformly yellowish, 3-3.5 mm. long, deeply included; ovary without a nectary; stigma 5-lobed; follicles broadly reniform, obtuse, conspicuously verrucose, 6-8 cm. long, 3-4.5 cm. broad.
Type locauty: Rio Ocosito, Quezaltenango, Guatemala. Distribution: British Honduras and Guatemala; Panama.

Tabernaemontana arborea is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in southern Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.