Tabernaemontana alba Mill.

White milkwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Tabernaemontana

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-8 m tall. It can be taller.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet or moist thickets or mixed forest, sometimes in open pine forest; most commonly at or near sea level, but also ascending to 600 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The sap is chewed locally with chicle as chewing gum.
Uses gum medicinal wood
Edible fruits saps
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Tabernaemontana alba leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Tabernaemontana alba flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Tabernaemontana alba flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Tabernaemontana alba flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Tabernaemontana alba fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Tabernaemontana alba world distribution map, present in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and United States of America

Conservation status

Tabernaemontana alba threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81985-1
WFO ID wfo-0000319701
COL ID 7BCJS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Tabernaemontana alba Tabernaemontana amblyblasta Tabernaemontana amblyocarpa Tabernaemontana martensii Tabernaemontana paisavelensis Tabernaemontana umbellata Tabernaemontana veracrucensis Tabernaemontana berteroi var. parviflora Tabernaemontana tuxtlensis