Tabernaemontana stapfiana

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title=Tabernaemontana stapfiana |volume=2019 |page=e.T144307376A149027319 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144307376A149027319.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Tabernaemontana

| species = stapfiana

| authority = Britten{{WCSP | 200943 | accessdate = 7 August 2017}}

| synonyms =

  • Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild.
  • Conopharyngia johnstonii Stapf
  • Conopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Stapf
  • Sarcopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Boiteau
  • Tabernaemontana johnstonii (Stapf) Pichon

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Tabernaemontana stapfiana (commonly known as soccerball fruit{{cite web | title = Tabernaemontana stapfiana | url = http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145060 | work = Flora of Zimbabwe | access-date = 4 August 2013}}) is a medium-sized tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its flowers feature white with yellow-throated corolla lobes. The fruit is fleshy grey-green, in pairs, each up to {{convert|20|cm|0}} in diameter and weighing up to several kilograms. Its habitat is montane evergreen forests from {{convert|700|–|2000|m}} elevation. The plant is native to an area of Africa from Uganda south to Mozambique.

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