Tabernaemontana coffeoides

Botanical Description

Tabernaemontana coffeoides is a shrub or a tree that usually grows up to 7 metres tall, occasionally to 10 metres. The bole can be 10cm in diameter, occasionally to 20cm[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood and fibre. It is very rich in pharmacologically interesting indole alkaloids. This warrants more investigations towards its possible development as an important medicinal plant[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].