Tabernaemontana alba

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Tabernaemontana alba
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Tabernaemontana
Species:
T. alba
Binomial name
Tabernaemontana alba
Synonyms
  • Tabernaemontana amblyblastaS.F.Blake
  • Tabernaemontana amblyocarpaUrb.
  • Tabernaemontana berteroi var. parvifloraA.DC.
  • Tabernaemontana chrysocarpaS.F.Blake
  • Tabernaemontana martensiiPeyr.
  • Tabernaemontana paisavelensisLoes.
  • Tabernaemontana tuxtlensisSessé & Moc.
  • Tabernaemontana umbellataSessé & Moc.
  • Tabernaemontana veracrucensisSessé & Moc.

Tabernaemontana alba, the white milkwood, [1] is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. [2] It is found in Central America, Mexico, Florida, Cuba, and Colombia.

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Apocynaceae Dogbane and oleander family of flowering plants

Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Members of the family are native to the European, Asian, African, Australian, and American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The former family Asclepiadaceae is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera. A list of Apocynaceae genera may be found here.

<i>Tabernaemontana</i> Genus of plants

Tabernaemontana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It has a pan-tropical distribution, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and a wide assortment of oceanic islands. These plants are evergreen shrubs and small trees growing to 1–15 m tall. The leaves are opposite, 3–25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called "milkwood". The flowers are fragrant, white, 1–5 cm in diameter.

Voacangine

Voacangine is an alkaloid found predominantly in the root bark of the Voacanga africana tree, as well as in other plants such as Tabernanthe iboga, Tabernaemontana africana, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Tabernaemontana_divaricata and Ervatamia yunnanensis. It is an iboga alkaloid which commonly serves as a precursor for the semi-synthesis of ibogaine. It has been demonstrated in animals to have similar anti-addictive properties to ibogaine itself. It also potentiates the effects of barbiturates. Under UV-A and UV-B light its crystals fluoresce blue-green, and it is soluble in ethanol.

<i>Tabernaemontana alternifolia</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana alternifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to India.

<i>Callionima inuus</i> Species of moth

Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

Anthonius Josephus Maria "Toon" Leeuwenberg was a Dutch botanist and taxonomist best known for his research into the genus Buddleja at the Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography, Wageningen. He was responsible for sinking many Asiatic species as varieties, notably within Buddleja crispa. In 1962, he worked with Jan de Wilde on the flora of the Ivory Coast.

<i>Tabernaemontana divaricata</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana divaricata commonly called pinwheel flower, crape jasmine, East India rosebay and Nero's crown is an evergreen shrub native to South Asia and now cultivated throughout South East Asia and the warmer regions of continental Asia. In zones where it is not hardy it is grown as a house/glasshouse plant for its attractive flowers and foliage. The stem exudes a milky latex when broken, whence the name milk flower.

Tabernaemontana coffeoides is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 20 centimetres (8 in). Its fragrant flowers feature white corolla lobes. Its habitat is on dunes or on rocks in dry forest, bush or savanna from sea level to 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) altitude. Local medicinal uses include for weight loss and to combat fatigue. Tabernaemontana coffeoides is native to Seychelles, the Comoros and Madagascar. It is also rich in pharmacologically interesting indole alkaloids.

<i>Tabernaemontana crassa</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana crassa is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.

<i>Tabernaemontana elegans</i> African tree species

Tabernaemontana elegans, the toad tree, is a shrub or small tree in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to eastern Africa.

<i>Tabernaemontana ventricosa</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana ventricosa is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 15 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in) and has white sap. Leaves are paired and crowded near the ends of branches. They are oblong, leathery and a glossy dark green. Flowers are fragrant with white, somewhat twisted lobes, often with a pale yellow center and are set in small clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit is dark green, set in spreading pairs of ellipsoids or oval, beaked pods, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) in diameter. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 1,850 metres (6,000 ft) altitude. In Zimbabwe, it is usually found as part of the understorey of evergreen forests. Local medicinal uses include the treatment of wounds, fever and hypertension. The plant is native to tropical central and southern Africa.

<i>Tabernaemontana pandacaqui</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, known as windmill bush and banana bush, is a species of plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.

Tabernaemontana pauciflora is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 10 centimetres (4 in). The bark is pale grey to grey-brown. Inflorescences bear up to 15 flowers. The fragrant flowers feature white, sometimes yellow-throated, corolla lobes. The fruit is orange or yellow with paired follicles, up to 6 centimetres (2 in) in diameter.

<i>Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Haiti, and northwestern South America.

<i>Tabernaemontana catharinensis</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana catharinensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in southern South America.

<i>Tabernaemontana dichotoma</i> Species of plant

Tabernaemontana dichotoma, commonly known as Eve's apple, is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. The specific epithet refers to the species' dichotomous branches.

White milkwood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Tabernaemontana parviflora is a taxonomic synonym that may refer to:

Apparicine

Apparicine is a monoterpenoid indole alkaloid. It is named after Apparicio Duarte, a Brazilian botanist who studied the Aspidosperma species from which apparicine was first isolated. It was the first member of the vallesamine group of alkaloids to be isolated and have its structure established, which was first published in 1965. It has also been known by the synonyms gomezine, pericalline, and tabernoschizine.

<i>Sthenias grisator</i> Species of beetle

Sthenias grisator is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787, originally under the genus Lamia. It is known from India. It feeds on Erythrina variegata, Manihot utilissima, Morus alba, Tabernaemontana alba and Vitis vinifera.

References

  1. "Tabernaemontana alba". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. Tabernaemontana alba at www.theplantlist.org.