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Tabernaemontana stapfiana (commonly known as soccerball fruit[3]) 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 20 centimetres (8 in) in diameter and weighing up to several kilograms. Its habitat is montane evergreen forests from 700–2,000 metres (2,300–6,600 ft) elevation.[3] The plant is native to an area of Africa from Uganda south to Mozambique.[1]
| Tabernaemontana stapfiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Tabernaemontana |
| Species: | T. stapfiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabernaemontana stapfiana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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