Mazhar Botanic Garden

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.

Blackboard Tree Devil’s Tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000077
Common name: Blackboard Tree, Devil’s Tree
English name: Blackboard Tree,
Arabic name: اليستونا
Native: Tropical Asia , southern China
Country: Southern China
(PGR): Common

Evergreen tree , grow up to 40 m tall, 30 - 50 cm in diameter leaves glossy, leathery, obovate to elliptical the inflorescences is a much-branched terminal panicle, flowers white, cream or green fruit a pendulous, two-lobed, spindle-shaped containing numerous flat, oblong seeds, with a tuft of hairs

•the latex  provides a good quality chewing gum. Bark yields a fibre. Most important source of timber.

Texture: Chalk Fertile Loam
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring and Autumn
Zone: 9 : 11
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Fibre Wood and Timber
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
Located in: Herbarium Yard

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