Tabernaemontana citrifolia L.

Milkwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Tabernaemontana

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 2.5-4m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Not known
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Hemostat (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
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

Tabernaemontana citrifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Tabernaemontana citrifolia world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82055-1
WFO ID wfo-0000319784
COL ID 549RR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630772
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tabernaemontana citrifolia Tabernaemontana lanceolata Tabernaemontana plumieri Ervatamia citrifolia Tabernaemontana citrifolia var. lanceolata