Reichardia Dennst. 1818, illegitimate homonym, not Roth 1787 nor Roth 1800 nor Roth 1821
Rejoua Gaudich.
Sarcopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau
Stemmadenia Benth.
Stenosolen (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
Taberna Miers
Testudipes Markgr.
Woytkowskia Woodson
Tabernaemontana is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
familyApocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and a wide assortment of oceanic islands.[1][2] These plants are
evergreenshrubs and small
trees growing to 1–15 m tall. The
leaves are
opposite, 3–25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called "milkwood". The
flowers are fragrant, white, 1–5 cm in diameter.
Some members of the genus Tabernaemontana are used as additives to some versions of the psychedelic drink
ayahuasca;[3] the genus is known to contain
ibogaine (e.g. in
bëcchëte, T. undulata),
conolidine (present in minor concentration in T. divaricata)[4] and voacangine (T. alba, T. arborea, T. africana).[5] Because of presence of
coronaridine and
voacangine in Mexican Tabernaemontana species,[5] those plant could be used in economic production of anti-addictive alkaloids especially ibogaine and ibogamine.[6]T. sananho preparations are used in native medicine to treat eye injuries and as an
anxiolytic, and T. heterophylla is used to treat
dementia in the elderly.[7]
Conolidine may be developed as a new class of pain killer.[8]Caterpillars of the
oleander hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) have been found to feed on the
pinwheelflower (T. divaricata).
The genus name commemorates the "father of German botany"
Jakob Theodor von Bergzabern, a.k.a. Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, Tabernaemontanus being a compressed form of the original
Medieval Latin name (Tabernae Montanus) of the botanist's home town of
Bergzabern - both the Latin and the German forms of the town's name meaning "tavern(s) in the mountains".
Ott, Jonathan (1995): In: Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens.
Rodrigues, Eliana & Carlini, E.A. (2006): Plants with possible psychoactive effects used by the Krahô Indians, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria28(4): 277–282.
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Reichardia Dennst. 1818, illegitimate homonym, not Roth 1787 nor Roth 1800 nor Roth 1821
Rejoua Gaudich.
Sarcopharyngia (Stapf) Boiteau
Stemmadenia Benth.
Stenosolen (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
Taberna Miers
Testudipes Markgr.
Woytkowskia Woodson
Tabernaemontana is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
familyApocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and a wide assortment of oceanic islands.[1][2] These plants are
evergreenshrubs and small
trees growing to 1–15 m tall. The
leaves are
opposite, 3–25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called "milkwood". The
flowers are fragrant, white, 1–5 cm in diameter.
Some members of the genus Tabernaemontana are used as additives to some versions of the psychedelic drink
ayahuasca;[3] the genus is known to contain
ibogaine (e.g. in
bëcchëte, T. undulata),
conolidine (present in minor concentration in T. divaricata)[4] and voacangine (T. alba, T. arborea, T. africana).[5] Because of presence of
coronaridine and
voacangine in Mexican Tabernaemontana species,[5] those plant could be used in economic production of anti-addictive alkaloids especially ibogaine and ibogamine.[6]T. sananho preparations are used in native medicine to treat eye injuries and as an
anxiolytic, and T. heterophylla is used to treat
dementia in the elderly.[7]
Conolidine may be developed as a new class of pain killer.[8]Caterpillars of the
oleander hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) have been found to feed on the
pinwheelflower (T. divaricata).
The genus name commemorates the "father of German botany"
Jakob Theodor von Bergzabern, a.k.a. Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, Tabernaemontanus being a compressed form of the original
Medieval Latin name (Tabernae Montanus) of the botanist's home town of
Bergzabern - both the Latin and the German forms of the town's name meaning "tavern(s) in the mountains".
Ott, Jonathan (1995): In: Ayahuasca Analogues: Pangaean Entheogens.
Rodrigues, Eliana & Carlini, E.A. (2006): Plants with possible psychoactive effects used by the Krahô Indians, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria28(4): 277–282.
PDF fulltextArchived 2020-08-01 at the
Wayback Machine