Milkwood

Tabernaemontana citrifolia I., Sp. PI. 210. 1753
Tabernaemontana lanceolata *'L.;" Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 55. 1878.
Shrub or small tree, 2-10 m. tall, wholly glabrous; leaves firmly membranaceous, narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate-elliptic, 3.5-19 cm. long, 0.8-6.5 cm. broad, acuminate, acutely cuneate at the base, the petioles 3-15 mm. long; inflorescence corymbose, much branched, much shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing numerous to many white flowers of medium size; pedicels 7-12 mm. long; calyx-lobes narrowly ovate, acute to obtusish, 3-3.5 mm. long, somewhat imbricate; corolla salverform, the tube 12-15 mm. long, about 2 mm. in diameter at the base, somewhat narrower at the orifice, the lobes narrowly obovatedolabr if orm, with an inconspicuous, obtuse, lateral acumen, 15-18 mm. long, spreading to somewhat reflexed; stamens inserted in the upper third of the corolla-tube, the anthers margined with bluish-green, slightly exserted; ovary surrounded at the base by a low, adnate, annular nectary; follicles narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 3.5-5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. broad, conspicuously acuminate, longitudinally striate, otherwise smooth.
Type locality: Tropics.
Distribution: Cuba and Hispaniola, undoubtedly indigenous; Bahamas and the I/Csser Antilles, possibly introduced.

Tabernaemontana citrifolia is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in the West Indies.