1. Tabernaemontana alba Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8. Tabernaemontana no. 2. 1768.
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White milkwood
Shrubs or small trees, 1.5–3(–15) m. Leaves: petiole (5–)10–25 mm, glabrous; blade elliptic to obovate, (2–)7–23 × (1–)2.5–8 cm, membranous or subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, apex acuminate or apiculate, surfaces glabrous. Peduncles (0.2–)1.5–7.5 cm, glabrous. Pedicels 4–10(–15) mm, glabrous. Flowers: calyx lobes ovate to broadly ovate, 1.5–3 mm, glabrous; corolla white, cream, or yellow, glabrous abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 3–4 × 1.5–2.5 mm, throat 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely elliptic to dolabriform, 7–14 × 3.5–6 mm. Follicles orange, yellow, or green, 2–4 × 1–2.5 cm. Seeds 10–50, 8–10 × 4–5 mm, aril orange or red.
Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall. Disturbed pinelands; 0–10 m; introduced; Fla.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America.
Tabernaemontana alba was reported as being rare in disturbed pinelands in Miami-Dade County of southern Florida by R. P. Wunderlin (1998); however, no recently-collected specimens have been seen.
