EPPO Global Database

Tabernaemontana divaricata(EVTDI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: EVTDI
  • Preferred name: Tabernaemontana divaricata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Brown

Notes

Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, China (western). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Sri Lanka, eastern China (including Taiwan), Malesia (Malaya), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Ervatamia coronaria (Jacquin) Stapf
Ervatamia divaricata (Linnaeus) Burkill
Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacquin) Willdenow

Common names
Name Language
butterfly gardenia English
Ceylon jessamine English
coffee rose English
creeping jasmine English
crepe jessamine English
devil flower English
East Indian rosebay English
pinwheel flower English
fleur d'amour French
macieira-de-Adão Portuguese
gǒu yá huā Chinese
狗牙花 Chinese