Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
huevo de gallo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ervatamia citrifolia (L.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 206 (2001).
Tabernaemontana citrifolia var. lanceolata (Miers) L.Allorge Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 30: 18 (1985).
Tabernaemontana lanceolata Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 268 (1878).
Tabernaemontana plumieri E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 344 (1914), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tabernaemontana citrifolia L.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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