Tabernaemontana alternifolia L.

Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.

Taxonomy

The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia.^[2] Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies.^[2] However, the proposal was rejected, and the correct name of this species is the original name, T. alternifolia.^[3]

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  Unripe fruit

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  Ripe fruit

References

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Tabernaemontana heyneana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35327A9927070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35327A9927070.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.