6603.000 Tabernaemontana L.

CONOPHARYNGIA G. Don

ERVATAMIA (A. DC. )Stapf

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs or trees, with milky latex. Branching dichotomous. Leaves opposite. Flowers actinomorphic. Corolla white, the lobes overlapping to the left. Anthers sagittate at the base. Fruit composed of 2 free carpels; these dehiscent or not.

Worldwide: 99 species in the tropics

Burundi: 3 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:

Botyodes asialis

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Species		Content
pachysiphon Stapf		Description, Image
stapfiana Britten		Description, Image
ventricosa Hochst. ex A.DC.		Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Tabernaemontana

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