Apocynaceae FAMILY
Tabernaemontana aurantiaca
Tabernaemontana aurantiaca
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Tabernaemontana aurantiaca is sometimes a shrub, but more commonly a tree; it can grow from 3 - 15 metres tall. The bole can be 5 - 30cm in diameter[ 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 medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia through New Guinea to Vanuatu in the western Pacific.
HabitatCoastal flood plains, periodically inundated riverine and swamp forest and occasionally on limestone, at elevations from sea-level up to 125 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. ].