Vasilis Teodoridis:
Apocynaceae | Tabernaemontana
2. Tabernaemontana bufalina Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 117. 1790.
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Ervatamia bufalina (Loureiro) Pichon; E. ceratocarpa Kerr; E. chengkiangensis Tsiang; E. hainanensis Tsiang; Tabernaemontana ceratocarpa (Kerr) P. T. Li; T. cheng-kiangensis (Tsiang) P. T. Li; T. hainanensis (Tsiang) P. T. Li; T. jasminoides Tsiang.
Shrubs or small trees 0.5-4 m tall; glabrous throughout. Petiole 1-8 mm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so; 4-17 X 1-6 cm; papery; apex acuminate; lateral veins 5-12 pairs. Cymes di- or trichotomous; bracts not scaly. Flower buds with an ovoid head; apex acute. Corolla white or yellow-white; tube 0.8-1.7 cm; lobes obliquely elliptic; mostly falcate; 5-15 X 3-10 mm. Stamens inserted at or above middle of corolla tube. Ovary glabrous. Follicles obliquely and narrowly ellipsoid; oblong; or very narrowly oblong; 2-12 X 0.5-1.5 cm; beak 1-2 cm. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Jul-Nov.
Mixed forests; 100-1000 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; S Yunnan [Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
The roots are used in Hainan to treat hypertension; snake poisoning; and rheumatalgia.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Apocynaceae | Tabernaemontana
2. Tabernaemontana bufalina Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 117. 1790.
????? jian lei gou ya hua
Ervatamia bufalina (Loureiro) Pichon; E. ceratocarpa Kerr; E. chengkiangensis Tsiang; E. hainanensis Tsiang; Tabernaemontana ceratocarpa (Kerr) P. T. Li; T. cheng-kiangensis (Tsiang) P. T. Li; T. hainanensis (Tsiang) P. T. Li; T. jasminoides Tsiang.
Shrubs or small trees 0.5-4 m tall; glabrous throughout. Petiole 1-8 mm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so; 4-17 X 1-6 cm; papery; apex acuminate; lateral veins 5-12 pairs. Cymes di- or trichotomous; bracts not scaly. Flower buds with an ovoid head; apex acute. Corolla white or yellow-white; tube 0.8-1.7 cm; lobes obliquely elliptic; mostly falcate; 5-15 X 3-10 mm. Stamens inserted at or above middle of corolla tube. Ovary glabrous. Follicles obliquely and narrowly ellipsoid; oblong; or very narrowly oblong; 2-12 X 0.5-1.5 cm; beak 1-2 cm. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Jul-Nov.
Mixed forests; 100-1000 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; S Yunnan [Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
The roots are used in Hainan to treat hypertension; snake poisoning; and rheumatalgia.