Tabernaemontana laurifolia L.

Tabernaemontana laurifolia Iv. Sp. PI. 210. 1753
Tabernaemontana frutescens P. Br.; Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 57. 1878.
Shrub or small tree, occasionajlly attaining a height of 10 m., wholly glabrous; leaves membranaceous, broadly oval to oblongelliptic, 4.5-17 cm. long, 3.5-10 cm. broad, obtuse to abruptly and obtusely acuminate, obtuse at the base, the petioles 10-25 mm. long; inflorescence decidedly congested, much shorter than the subtending leaves, submnbellate at the tip of a relatively elongate, sterile peduncle, bearing numerous yellow flowers of medium size; pedicels 2-8 mm. long; calyx-lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, 2.8-3 mm. long, imbricate; corolla salverform, the tube 15-16 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. in diameter at the base, slightly constricted at the insertion of the stamens, the lobes oblong-dolabriform, obtusish, 10-11 mm. long, spreading; stamens inserted in the upper fourth of the corolla-tube, the anthers margined with bluishgreen, barely included; ovary surrounded at the base by a low, adnate, annular nectary; stigma 5-angled; follicles narrowly gibbousellipsoid, 3-4.5 cm. long, 1-1,25 cm. broad, narrowly acuminate, essentially smooth.
Type i,ocality: Jamaica.
Distribution: Jamaica and Grand Cayman.

Tabernaemontana laurifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.