Tabernaemontana apoda C. Wright

Tabernaemontana apoda C. Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad
Ci. HabanaT: 103. 1870.
Glabrous shrub or small tree 2-9 m. tall; leaves thinly membranaceous, broadly oval to obovate-elliptic, 8-17 cm. long, 4-8 cm. broad, abruptly and shortly acuminate, broadly obtuse at the base, the petioles 5-12 mm. long; inflorescence corymbose, much branched, about equaling or somewhat shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing numerous, small, creamywhite flowers; pedicels 5-7 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2.3-2.5 mm. long, scarcely imbricate at the base, very minutely ciliolate; corolla salverform, the tube 9-10 mm. long, about 1.7 mm. in diameter at the base, conspicuously narrowed toward the orifice, the lobes spreading, broadly obovate-dolabriform, obtuse, 7-10 mm. long; stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, the anthers uniformly yellowish, 4.5 mm. long, deeply included ; ovary surrounded at the base by a low, annular, adnate nectary ; stigma predominantly 2-apiculate; follicles stout, subreniform, very shortly and abruptly recurved-acuminate, 6-8 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. thick, obscurely verrucose.
Type locality: Casilda, Trinidad, Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.

Tabernaemontana apoda is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tabernaemontana apoda là một loài thực vật thuộc họ Apocynaceae. Đây là loài đặc hữu của Cuba. Chúng hiện đang bị đe dọa vì mất môi trường sống.