This native shrub is commonly known as iodine plant.
Tabernaemontana orientalis is described as a "dicot" in the Apocynaceae family.
Flagged as a potential locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region. In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Disjunct southern limit records at Mary River Heads and Dundowran Beach.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Craignish, Dundowran Beach.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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