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Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia Jacq.; uuts 'un pek

Shrub; all parts with milky latex; leaves opposite, simple, elliptical, base acute, margin entire, apex acute; inflorescences cymes from the leaf axils; corolla with a long tube and five spatulate lobes; anthers exserted from the throat; fruit a green follicle, bright orange inside.

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