Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (12 in). Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes.[3]
Tabernaemontana crassa is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola.[2] Its habitat is forests or on coastlines from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude.[3]
Tabernaemontana crassa is used in local traditional medicine as an anaesthetic, as a haemostatic, as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of rheumatism, kidney problems, rickets and conjunctivitis. It has also been used as arrow poison.[3]
Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
