Tabernaemontana pandacaqui
Banana Bush, Dogbane
Other regional names: Windmillbush
- Windmillbush
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Apocynaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a shrub.
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Tabernaemontana pandacaqui (commonly known as Banana-Bush or Dogbane) is a shrub belonging to the Apocynaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, China, Eastern Asia, Indo-China, Malesia, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South-Central Pacific, Southwestern Pacific
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Vanuatu, Western Australia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Panama, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.