''Tabernanthe'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...

s in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members ...

, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical central

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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Tabernanthe elliptica ''Tabernanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical central Africa. ;Species * '' Tabernanthe elliptica'' (Stapf) Leeuwenb. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Angola * ...

'' (Stapf) Leeuwenb. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Angola * ''

Tabernanthe iboga ''Tabernanthe iboga'' (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa. A member of the Apocynaceae family indigenous to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo, it is cultivated across Central Africa ...

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...

- Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cabinda, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Angola

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1450390 Apocynaceae genera Flora of Africa Rauvolfioideae Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon