Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.

Tabernaemontana crassa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (12 in).

Its fragrant flowers feature white to pale yellow corolla lobes.

[3] Tabernaemontana crassa is native to an area of tropical Africa from Sierra Leone east and south to Angola.

[3] Tabernaemontana crassa is used in local traditional medicine as an anaesthetic, as a haemostatic, as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of rheumatism, kidney problems, rickets and conjunctivitis.