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|accepted_name=Tabernaemontana alba
|accepted_authority=Miller
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|place=8, Tabernaemontana no. 2. 1768
|year=1768
}}
|common_names=White milkwood
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Tabernaemontana;Tabernaemontana alba
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|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, 1.5–3(–15) m. <b>Leaves</b>: 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. <b>Peduncles</b> (0.2–)1.5–7.5 cm, glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 4–10(–15) mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Follicles</b> orange, yellow, or green, 2–4 × 1–2.5 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 10–50, 8–10 × 4–5 mm, aril orange or red.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed pinelands.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>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.</p>
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name=Tabernaemontana alba
|authority=Miller
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|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed pinelands.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gard. Dict. ed.
|publication year=1768
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Tabernaemontana
|species=Tabernaemontana alba
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