tabernaemontana alternifolia

Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.

The name Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. has often been used for this species, and a proposal was made to conserve that name so that it would be used instead of T. alternifolia. Arguments made for conservation were that the type of the species was not a specimen but an illustration, and that the plant has opposite leaves, not alternate leaves as alternifolia implies. However, the proposal was rejected, ...