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Alstonia scholaris

Flowering Plants

Alstonia scholaris, commonly called the blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood or devil's tree, is an evergreen tree in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae. Its natural range runs from Pakistan to China and south to northern Australia. The tree is toxic but has traditionally been used for a wide range of ailments, and in India it is called Saptaparna and regarded as the sacred tree of the second Jain tirthankar, Ajitnatha. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1767 under the name Echites scholaris. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Alstonia scholaris 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
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In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
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Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
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Found In

Bangladesh

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Brazil

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Cambodia

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Federated States of Micronesia

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India

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Laos

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Myanmar

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Nepal

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Pakistan

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Philippines

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Sri Lanka

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Taiwan

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Thailand

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United States

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Vietnam

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Sources
1. Alstonia scholaris (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    It is a toxic plant, but is used traditionally for myriad diseases and complaints.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    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.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat rainforest
    in a range of forest types from rainforest to savannah
  • In Biome: Savanna, Habitat savanna
    in a range of forest types from rainforest to savannah
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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Alstonia scholaris
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile
Quote, system profile
"habitat": "terrestrial"
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3. Alstonia scholaris (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q135307 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Alstonia scholaris
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Gentianales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12395
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12395
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Gentianales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Apocynaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12501
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12501
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Gentianales","family":"Apocynaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Elephant trunks, hoodias","language":"EN"},{"name":"Apocináceas, hoodias","language":"ES"},{"name":"Pachypodes, hoodias","language":"FR"},{"name":"夹竹桃科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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