Apocynaceae FAMILY

Tabernaemontana bovina

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tabernaemontana bovina is a shrub or small tree growing from 0.5 - 5 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. A latex obtained from the roots has been used to make rubber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.

HabitatSparse montane forests at elevations from 200 - 1,000 metres in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].