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Pinwheel flower (Tabernaemontana divaricata) is an evergreen shrub that can grow to 2.5 m tall. White, pinwheel-shaped flowers with a carnation-like fragrance bloom year-round. Easy to grow in light shade to full sun. Popular as a backdrop for gardens and as a natural hedge.

Horse balls are found in tropical regions worldwide. Many species of horse balls have interesting chemical properties for which they are studied. The genus name Tabernaemontana commemorates Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, who is considered "a father of German botany."

Tabernaemontana ventricosa (commonly known as forest toad-tree or small-fruited toad-tree) is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in) and has white sap. Leaves are paired (set opposite each other) and crowded near the ends of branches. They are oblong, leathery and a glossy dark green. Flowers are fragrant with white, somewhat twisted lobes, often with a pale yellow center and are set in small clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is dark green, set in spreading pairs of ellipsoids or oval, beaked pods, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in diameter. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,850 metres (6,000 ft) altitude. In Zimbabwe, it is usually found as part of the understorey of evergreen forests. Local medicinal uses include the treatment of wounds, fever and hypertension. The plant is native to tropical central and southern Africa.

The windmill bush (Tabernaemontana pandacaqui) is so-named for its five-petaled windmill-shaped flowers. This small evergreen tree is native to East Asia. You may spot windmill bush in tropical gardens since it is grown ornamentally for its attractive and abundant white flowers and colorful reddish fruit.

Tabernaemontana tomentosa are found in tropical regions worldwide. Many species of tabernaemontana tomentosa have interesting chemical properties for which they are studied. The genus name Tabernaemontana commemorates Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, who is considered "a father of German botany."