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Taxon:  Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.



Summary
Genus:
Alstonia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Alstonieae
Nomen number:
2688
Place of publication:
Asclepiadeae 64. 1810 (Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:75. 1811)
Verified:
01/19/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Echites scholaris L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Alstonia+scholaris&quantity=1
  7. Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 5:751-752 http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/151.htm
  8. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  9. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
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  13. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
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  15. Kiew, R. et al., eds. Flora of peninsular Malaysia. 2010- Note: Forest Research Institute Malaysia.
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  18. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
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  20. Royen, P. van et al. Manual of the forest trees of Papua and New Guinea. 1964-1970
  21. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  22. Sidiyasa, K. 1997. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea suppl. 11:176-179. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
  23. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  24. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):88-89. http://proseanet.org
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Common names
English
blackboardtree –
deviltree –
ditabark –
milkwood-pine –
milky-bean –
milky-pine –
pali-mari –
palmira alstonia –
white cheesewood –
white-pine –
French
echite –
German
Teufelsbaum –
Indonesian
pulai –
Malay
pulai –
Transcribed Chinese
tang jiao shu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxis.w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnans.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSolomon Islands  
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangxi (s.w.), Yunnan (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Solomon Islands
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
fiber (for making paper fide F Males) –
Medicines
folklore (fide F ChinaEng; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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