Tabernaemontana rotensis
Family: Apocynaceae
Form: slender tree 8-10 m tall; milky sap
Stem: light grey with prominent lenticels
Leaves: thin, light green, opposite, shortly petiolate elliptic-oblong, 15-30 cm long, 5-10 cm wide
Flower: elongate slender open. Terminal buds 9branching from tree; as long as leaves)
Fruit: twinned or single. conspicuously beaked, nearly 3 cm long and 1 cm thinkn
Seed: embedded in bright red pulp; about 4 mm long
Habitat: limestone plateau, usually areas with soil
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Mature fruit, naturally split open, exposing red flesh surrounding the seeds.