Tabernaemontana stapfiana
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| 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
}}
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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Category:Plants described in 1894
Category:Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa
Category:Flora of South Tropical Africa
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