Tabernaemontana divaricata(L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

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WFO wfo-0000319835 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by ritirene
fig. a ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-19 / obs. 176670110
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174708226
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. c Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150951759
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. d Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127695254
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Elizabeth Rodríguez Estrada
fig. e Elizabeth Rodríguez Estrada, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125635974
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. f Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122494706
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. g Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 103444960
Tabernaemontana divaricata, photographed by Shami Narayanan
fig. h Shami Narayanan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91401342

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Tabernaemontana divaricata is native: China South-Central, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Tabernaemontana divaricata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 27 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 coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf
  • Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill
  • Ervatamia divaricata var. plena (Voigt) M.R.Almeida
  • Ervatamia flabelliformis Tsiang
  • Ervatamia recurva (Lindl.) Lace
  • Ervatamia siamensis (Wiarb. ex Pitard) Kerr
  • Jasminum zeylanicum Burm.f.
  • Kopsia cochinchinensis Kuntze
  • Nerium coronarium Jacq.
  • Nerium divaricatum L.
  • Nyctanthes acuminata Burm.f.
  • Reichardia grandiflora Dennst.
  • Reichardia jasminoides Dennst.
  • Taberna discolor (Sw.) Miers
  • Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lunan
  • Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd.
  • Tabernaemontana coronaria var. plena Voigt
  • Tabernaemontana discolor Sw.
  • Tabernaemontana flabelliformis (Tsiang) P.T.Li
  • Tabernaemontana gratissima Lindl.
  • Tabernaemontana indica Willd. ex Steud.
  • Tabernaemontana lurida Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana recurva Roxb.
  • Tabernaemontana recurva Roxb. ex Wall.

and 3 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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