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__NOTOC__ ''Tabernaemontana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and a wide assortment of oceanic islands.〔〔(Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 152 狗牙花属 gou ya hua shu ''Tabernaemontana'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 210. 1753. )〕 These plants are shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 m tall. The leaves are evergreen, 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. The cultivar ''T. divaricata'' cv. 'Plena', with doubled-petaled flowers, is a popular houseplant. Some members of the genus ''Tabernaemontana'' are used as additives to some versions of the psychedelic drink Ayahuasca;〔Ott (1995)〕 the genus is known to contain ibogaine (e.g. in Bëcchëte, ''T. undulata'') conolidine〔Kam T.S., Pang H.S., Choo Y.M., Komiyama K. ,"Biologically active ibogan and vallesamine derivatives from Tabernaemontana divaricata."''Chemistry & biodiversity'' 2004 1:4 (646-656)〕 and voacangine (namely in ''T. africana''). ''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.〔Rodrigues & Carlini (2006)〕 Conolidine may be developed as a new class of pain-killer.〔http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/05/23/3224191.htm〕 Caterpillars of the Oleander Hawk-moth (''Daphnis nerii'') have been found to feed on Pinwheel Flower (''T. divaricata''). The genus commemorates the "father of German botany" Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus. ;Species〔 Image:Tabernaemontana divaricata - JBM.jpg|Ornamental Pinwheel Flower (''T. divaricata'') cv. 'Plena' Image:Tabernaemontana divaricata habitus - JBM.jpg|Habitus of ''T. divaricata'' Image:Krötenbaum.jpg|''Tabernaemontana elegans'' (Toad Tree) Image:Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Blanco1.41.jpg|...''Tabernaemontana pandacaqui'' (Banana Bush) bear their common names in reference to their peculiar fruit. ==See also== * Psychedelic plants 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tabernaemontana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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