Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wall. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
divi kaduru	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
eve's apple	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
eve’s apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
forbidden fruit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kandalaippalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kandaleipalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantalai-p-palai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattalari-palai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kundalappala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundedapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poison nut	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tengari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
දිවිකදුරු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
latex, root bark, seed, leaves, bark, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ervatamia dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 317 (1935).
Pagiantha dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 546 (1935).
Cerbera dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) G.Lodd. ex Loudon Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 6: 74 (1830).
Rejoua dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Gamble Fl. Madras: 812 (1923).
Tabernaemontana laurifolia Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 9: t. 716 (1823), sensu auct.
Tanghinia dichotoma G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 461 (1839).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ervatamia dichotoma	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ervatamia dichotoma (Roxb) Blatter	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ervatamia dichotoma Blatter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ervatamia dichotoma Burkill.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pagiantha dichotoma	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Tabermontana dicholoma	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wall.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tabernaemontana dichotoma Roxb. ex Wallich	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)

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