Galapagos Species Database
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Tabernaemontana divaricata
nardo, jazmín de la India, flor del Molinete, crape jasmine, moonbeam, Carnation of India
Shrubs or small trees 0.5-5 m tall, glabrous. Cymes dichotomous, 1-8-flowered; bracts scalelike. Flower buds with an ovoid head, apex acute or obtuse. Calyx lobes often ciliate. Stamens inserted at basal third of corolla tube (WFO, 2022).
It is used as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for fuel and food (POWO, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Tabernaemontana
Species
divaricata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Plumeria acuminata W.T. Aiton
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China (POWO, 2022).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Woodson, Jr., R.E. (1938 [1937]) Studies in the Apocynaceae. VII An evaluation of the genera Plumeria and Himatanthus Willd. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 189–224.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tabernaemontana divaricata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1904. Accessed 14 March 2025.