Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois de lait	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf,, bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tabernaemontana mauritiana Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 530 (1806).
Conopharyngia mauritiana (Poir.) R.E.Vaughan Mauritius Inst. Bull. 1: 59 (1937).
Conopharyngia persicariifolia (Jacq.) R.E.Vaughan Mauritius Inst. Bull. 1: 59 (1937).
Oistanthera telfairiana (Wall.) Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 547 (1935).
Pagiantha mauritiana (Poir.) Markgr. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 29 (1950).
Pagiantha persicariifolia (Jacq.) Markgr. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 29 (1950).
Pandaca mauritiana (Poir.) Markgr. & Boiteau Adansonia, n.s., 13: 244 (1973).
Pandaca persicariifolia (Jacq.) Markgr. & Boiteau Adansonia, n.s., 13: 247 (1973).
Tabernaemontana borbonica Lam. ex Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 482 (1895).
Tabernaemontana micrantha A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 370 (1844), nom. illeg.
Tabernaemontana nervosa Desf. ex Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 275 (1817).
Tabernaemontana parviflora Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 209 (1837), not validly publ.
Tabernaemontana telfairiana Wall. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1273 (1829).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tabernaemontana mauritiana Poiret	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Tabernaemontana persicariifolia Jacq.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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