Tabernaemontana longipes

Taxobox
name = "Tabernaemontana longipes"


status =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Apocynaceae
genus = "Tabernaemontana"
species = "T. longipes"
binomial = "Tabernaemontana longipes"
binomial_authority =Donn, Sm.
synonyms =

"Tabernaemontana longipes" is a tropical tree found in Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica. [cite web | title = Apocynaceae: Tabernaemontana longipes | work = Discover Life | url = http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Tabernaemontana+longipes | accessdate = 2008-04-25] Its unusually shaped pods inspired the common name Dutchman's shoes. Its oval leaves are about 13 cm long and glabrous. The flowers are white. [cite book | last = Haber | first = William | title = An Introduction to Cloud Forest Trees | publisher = Mountain Gem Publications | location = Monteverde de Puntarenas, Costa Rica | year = 2000 | isbn = 9977124183 ]

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