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Alstonia scholaris
About
Alstonia scholaris, commonly called blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood or devil's tree in English, is an evergreen tree in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae. Its natural range is from Pakistan to China, and south to northern Australia. It is a toxic plant, but is used traditionally for myriad diseases and complaints. It is called 'Saptaparna' in India and is the sacred tree of the 2nd Jain tirthankar Ajitnatha. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1767, who gave it the name Echites scholaris.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Alstonia scholaris
- Slug
- alstonia-scholaris
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Alstonia
- Species
- scholaris
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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