Tabernaemontana amygdalifoliaJacq.

WFO wfo-0000319712 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-27 / obs. 164550451
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128747254
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68107315
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68107456
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67983600
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Wendy García Monterrubio
fig. f Wendy García Monterrubio, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1961845
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118037524
Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. h Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118300104

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela Venezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ervatamia jasminoides (Kunth) Tsiang
  • Malouetia jasminoides (Kunth) A.DC.
  • Rauvolfia laevigata Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Tabernaemontana acapulcensis Miers
  • Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia var. glaucophylla L.Allorge
  • Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia var. obtusiloba A.DC.
  • Tabernaemontana deamii Donn.Sm.
  • Tabernaemontana dichotoma Sessé & Moc.
  • Tabernaemontana jasminoides Kunth
  • Tabernaemontana nereifolia Vahl
  • Tabernaemontana occidentalis Miers

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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