Tabernaemontana crassa

Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.

Description
Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 m tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm. Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes.

Distribution and habitat
Tabernaemontana crassa is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola. Its habitat is forests or on coastlines from sea level to 2000 m altitude.

Uses
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.