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Tabernaemontana palustris

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Species of plant

Tabernaemontana palustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species: T. palustris
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana palustris
Markgr.
Synonyms
  • Anacampta palustris (Markgr.) Markgr.
  • Bonafousia palustris (Markgr.) Boiteau & L.Allorge
  • Bonafousia rimulosa (Woodson) Boiteau & L.Allorge
  • Tabernaemontana rimulosa Woodson Ruiz & Pav.
  • Tabernaemontana tenuis Monach.

Tabernaemontana palustris is a tropical flowering plant species in the family Apocynaceae. It grows in the Amazon Basin of northern South America. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.

In parts of the Peruvian Amazon, it is used medicinally to treat rheumatism, fever, and wounds; it may also be used as a purgative.

See also

References

  1. "Tabernaemontana palustris Markgr". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 May 2014 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
  3. Duke, Alan James; Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo (1994). Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 164. ISBN 0-8493-3664-3. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Tabernaemontana palustris


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