Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15m (49feet) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30cm (10inches). Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes.[1]
Tabernaemontana crassa is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola. Its habitat is forests or on coastlines from sea level to altitude.[1]
Tabernaemontana crassa is used in local traditional medicine 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.[1]