Nilgiri Crape Jasmine
Tabernaemontana gamblei
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tabernaemontana gamblei
- Genus
- Tabernaemontana
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Crape Jasmine itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ചെറുകൂനൻപാല
About Nilgiri Crape Jasmine
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Nilgiri Crape Jasmine (Tabernaemontana gamblei) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Nilgiri Crape Jasmine belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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