Tabernaemontana divaricata

Tabernaemontana divaricata, commonly called pinwheel flower, crape jasmine, East India rosebay, and Nero's crown, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. In zones where it is not hardy it is grown as a house/glasshouse plant for its attractive flowers and foliage. The stem exudes a milky latex when broken, whence comes the name milk flower

Tabernaemontana divaricata
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Tabernaemontana
Species:	T. divaricata
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana divaricata R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms
List Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf Ervatamia divaricata (L.) Burkill Ervatamia divaricata var. plena (Roxb. ex Voigt) M.R.Almeida Ervatamia flabelliformis Tsiang Ervatamia recurva (Lindl.) Lace Ervatamia siamensis (Warb. ex Pit.) Kerr Kopsia cochinchinensis Kuntze Nerium coronarium Jacq. Nerium divaricatum L. Reichardia grandiflora Dennst. Reichardia jasminoides Dennst. Taberna discolor (Sw.) Miers Tabernaemontana citrifolia Lunan Tabernaemontana coronaria (Jacq.) Willd. Tabernaemontana discolor Sw. Tabernaemontana flabelliformis (Tsiang) P.T.Li Tabernaemontana gratissima Lindl. Tabernaemontana lurida Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Tabernaemontana recurva Lindl. Tabernaemontana siamensis Warb. ex Pit. Testudipes recurva (Lindl.) Markgr. Vinca alba Noronha Jasminum zeylanicum Burm.f. Nyctanthes acuminata Burm.f.

Flowers in West Bengal, India.