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.