Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Prefers a position in part sun to bright, filtered light[710. Grows best in a fertile, open, well-drained soil[1]. Plants flower and fruit throughout the year[2, 1]. The fruits mature in 1 year[2]. The contents of the major alkaloids apparicine, tubotaiwine and isovoacangine vary with provenance, leaf age, shade position of leaves in the crown and plant age. Alkaloid content is highest in young leaves, and in leaves from shaded conditions[2]. The plant can be pollarded when being grown for fuel[2].
Propagation
Seed - germinate best when sown as soon as collected[2]. Pre-soaking the seeds in cold water for 24 hours will hasten germination[2]. Semi-ripe cuttings[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tabernaemontana+pachysiphon>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Tropical Flowering Plants. A Guide to Identification and Cultivation. — Llamas K.A. · Timber Press; Oregon. · 2003 · ISBN 0-88192-585-3 ↩︎A terse guide for the gardener to almost 1,500 species of ornamental tropical plants with brief details on their cultivation and, usually, a small photograph of good quality.
- [2]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [3]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.