Apocynaceae FAMILY
Tabernaemontana macrocarpa
Tabernaemontana macrocarpa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The chopped root is an ingredient of arrow poison[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].
Botanical Description
Tabernaemontana macrocarpa is a tree that can grow from 5 - 25 metres tall. The bole can be 10 - 50cm in diameter, occasionally to 100cm[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of latex.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatForest understoreys or less often scrub, at elevations from sea-level to 1,000 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].