Tabernaemontana crassa

Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in). Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes. Its habitat is forests or on coastlines from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude. Numerous local medicinal uses include as an anaesthetic, as a haemostatic, as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of rheumatism, kidney problems, rickets and conjunctivitis. It has also been used as arrow poison. Tabernaemontana crassa is native to tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola