Tabernaemontana palustris is a tropical flowering plant species in the family Apocynaceae. It grows in the Amazon Basin of northern South America. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
| Species: | T. palustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Tabernaemontana palustris | |
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In parts of the Peruvian Amazon, it is used medicinally to treat rheumatism, fever, and wounds; it may also be used as a purgative.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tabernaemontana palustris Markgr". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 May 2014 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
- ^ Duke, Alan James; Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo (1994). Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 164. ISBN 0-8493-3664-3. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
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