Tabernaemontana alba Mill.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Tabernaemontana alba Mill.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 1098 with Jay Walker, Teresa Rizzo, Polo Romero, 13 Jul 1995

  • Location

    Belize. Cayo. Between the Western Highway and the Sibun River, ca. 7 km west of intersection of western Highway and the coastal road "Manatee Highway".

  • Habitat

    Sloping terrain, mostly pine and palm savannah on upland (igneus derived alluvium), grading into flood-plain forest toward river. Flood plain forest last disturbed in 1959, Attalea cohune common.

  • Description

    Tree or shrub 6-9 m tall, sap milky; leaves spotty yellow, flowers yellow, fruit green.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 227435

    Occurrence ID: 8cc2fc39-472c-4722-a233-1f3a9fe47464

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Tabernaemontana alba Mill. det M. H. Nee, 1997

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Belize

  • State/Province

    Cayo

  • Locality

    Between the Western Highway and the Sibun River, ca. 7 km west of intersection of western Highway and the coastal road "Manatee Highway".

  • Elevation

    Alt. 10 - 50 m. (33 - 164 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    17.27, -88.57

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The New York Botanical Garden
Ethnobotany and Floristics of Belize Project
No. 1098
Apocynaceae
Tabernaemontana alba Mill,
det. M. Nee, 1997
BELIZE. Cayo District: Between the Western Highway and the
Sibun River, ca. 7 km west of intersection of Western Highway and
the coastal road "Manatee Highway"., ca 17°16’N, ca 88°34’W. ca
10—50 m. Sloping terrain, mostly pine and palm savannah on upland
(igneus derived alluvium), grading into flood-plain forest toward river.
Flood plain forest last disturbed in 1959, Attalea cohune common.
Tree or shrub 6-9 m tall, sap milky; leaves spotty yellow, flowers
yellow, fruit green.
D. E. Atha & Jay Walker, Teresa Rizzo, Polo Romero
13 Jul 1995
Supported by the United States Agency for International Development
Databased at NY