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Friday 27 December 2013

Alstonia scholaris – Ezhilam Pala.

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	GENTIANALES	APOCYNACEAE

Scientific Name:

Alstonia scholaris

Species Authority:

(L.) R.Br.

Common Name/s:

English

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Blackboard Tree, Milkwood Pine, White Cheesewood

Synonym/s:

Alstonia kurzii Hook.f.

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. subspecies avae A.DC.

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. subspecies blumii A.DC.

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. subspecies velutina Monach.

Echites pala Ham.

Echites scholaris L.

Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Date Assessed:	1998-01-01
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This is the most widespread species in the genus.
Countries:	Native: Australia; China; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.