Plant Details

Accepted name:

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. [Apocynaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adam's-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
adukkunandiyavattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashvathabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atukkunantiyarvattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belutta-amelpodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broadleaf rose bay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
butterfly-gardenia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
candni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceylon-jessamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chandani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crape jasmine	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
crape-gardenia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
crape-jasmine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
crepe jasmine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
crepe-jessamine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
curatapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curutupala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuyotanan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
east indian rose bay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fleur d'amour	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
flowers-of-love	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gajapadapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhi thagara poo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhitagarapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandmtagarappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gondetagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gondethagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gou ya hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grandhi thagarapi chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grandhitagarapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
halewood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli chameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jasmim	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
kagate phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karerduppalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokke kaayi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokkekayida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottu haale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottubale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottuhale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottuhale hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotwalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshayataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruduppalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttampala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttampale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddarasa gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddarasagida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moon beam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mudrasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nadiavatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
namdit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandabatlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandhiavattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi batla hoovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi batlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi vrksa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi-ervatum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi-vardhanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiavattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiavattampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandibatlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandibattal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandivardhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandivardhanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandivraksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandivriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandivrksah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiyaavattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiyavarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiyavattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandiyavertam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyaa vartha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyarvattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyavaraimu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyavarta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyavartah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjaa patte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjaa vatla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjaavattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjabatlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjapatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanjavatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanthia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanthin-vatal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanthiyarattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nanthiyavattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantipattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantiya vattappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantiyavarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantiyavattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantyarvattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantyavarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niryasatagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nundiavuttei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattidai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattitai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunandiyavattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinwheel-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
prarohi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sagar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthalivriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandabala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tadgara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagar avattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taggai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taggar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taravata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thagar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
togar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toggari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadhil-namdit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valamburi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valampuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanaspati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishnupriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wathusudda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, Latex		Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
Latex, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root, leaf, wood		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 127 (1902).
Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill Rec. Bot. Surv. India 10: 320 (1925).
Kopsia cochinchinensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 415 (1891).
Nerium coronarium Jacq. Collectanea 1: 138 (1787).
Nerium divaricatum L. Sp. Pl.: 209 (1753).
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd. Enum. Pl.: 275 (1809).
Ervatamia divaricata var. plena (Roxb. ex Voigt) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 207 (2001).
Ervatamia flabelliformis Tsiang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 248 (1963).
Ervatamia recurva (Lindl.) Lace List Trees Shrubs Cl. Burma: 91 (1913).
Ervatamia siamensis (Warb. ex Pit.) Kerr in W.G.Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 447 (1939).
Jasminum zeylanicum Burm.f. Fl. Indica: t. 39 (1768).
Nyctanthes acuminata Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 5 (1768).
Reichardia grandiflora Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 32 (1818).
Reichardia jasminoides Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 32 (1818).
Taberna discolor (Sw.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 62 (1878).
Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lunan Hort. Jamaic. 2: 222 (1814).
Tabernaemontana coronaria var. plena Roxb. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 527 (1845).
Tabernaemontana discolor Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 52 (1788).
Tabernaemontana flabelliformis (Tsiang) P.T.Li Guihaia 6: 170 (1986).
Tabernaemontana gratissima Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 55 (1827).
Tabernaemontana indica Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 798 (1819), nom. illeg.
Tabernaemontana lurida Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 172 (1871).
Tabernaemontana recurva Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1084 (1827).
Tabernaemontana siamensis Warb. ex Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1158 (1933).
Testudipes recurva (Lindl.) Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 547 (1935).
Vinca alba Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 28 (1790), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ervatamia coronaria	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ervatamia coronaria Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ervatamia coronaria stapf.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ervatamia divaricata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burk.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Kopsia cochinchinensis Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nerium coronarium Jacq.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Nerium divaricatum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tabermontana coronaria	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tabermontana divaricata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tabernaemontana divaricata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Brown ex Roemer & Schultes	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex M.Roem. & Schult.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Tabernaemontana divaricata (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex Roemer & Schultes	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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