Blackboard Tree
ಹಾಲೆ ಮರसप्तपर्णஏகாளி மரம்
Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 40 m
- wide
- —
Apocynaceae
Also called Indian devil tree, Milkwood Pine, Milky Pine, White Cheesewood
Formerly Alstonia kurzii, Echites pala, Echites scholaris, Pala scholaris
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. AustraliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 40 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Simplified Chinese
- 鸭脚木, 九度叶, 买担别
- Vietnamese
- Hoa sữa
- Malayalam
- ഏഴിലംപാല, ഏഴിലംപാല
- Marathi
- सैतान, सातविण
- Tamil
- ஏகாளி மரம், ஏழிலைக்கள்ளி, ஏழிலைப்பாலை
- Thai
- พญาสัตบรรณ
- Chinese
- 糖胶树
- Traditional Chinese
- 黑板樹
- Hindi
- सप्तपर्ण
- Telugu
- ఏడాకుల పాల
- Kannada
- ಹಾಲೆ ಮರ
- Bangla
- ছাতিম
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Alstonia scholaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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