Apocynaceae

White milkwood

Tabernaemontana alba Mill.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana

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White milkwood: Also known as T. longipes. A White Milkweed shrub on Bastimentos Island, Panama. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/apocyan/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: White milkwood

Synonyms

Tabernaemontana amblyblasta S.F.Blake
Tabernaemontana amblyocarpa Urb.
Tabernaemontana berteroi var. parviflora A.DC.
Tabernaemontana martensii Peyr.
Tabernaemontana paisavelensis Loes.
Tabernaemontana tuxtlensis Sessé & Moc.
Tabernaemontana umbellata Sessé & Moc.
Tabernaemontana veracrucensis Sessé & Moc.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.