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Milky Way Tree or Lecheso Fruit (Tabernaemontana litoralis). Hotel Bougainvillea, Costa Rica
Tabernaemontana 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” or a variation on milk. The flowers are fragrant, white, usually 0.5–2 inches (1–5 cm) in diameter. Tabernaemontana litoralis is a tropical tree found from southern Mexico, Central America to northern Columbia. This is a very rare tropical tree with large white fragrant flowers with an unusual pinwheel shape. Stemmadenia litoralis Is a synonym for Tabernaemontana litoralis for the usual inscrutable reasons.
Milky Way Tree or Lecheso Fruit (Tabernaemontana litoralis). Hotel Bougainvillea, Costa Rica
Tabernaemontana 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” or a variation on milk. The flowers are fragrant, white, usually 0.5–2 inches (1–5 cm) in diameter. Tabernaemontana litoralis is a tropical tree found from southern Mexico, Central America to northern Columbia. This is a very rare tropical tree with large white fragrant flowers with an unusual pinwheel shape. Stemmadenia litoralis Is a synonym for Tabernaemontana litoralis for the usual inscrutable reasons.