Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.
synonym | Alstonia kurzii Hook.f. |
synonym | Alstonia scholaris var. avae A.DC. |
synonym | Alstonia scholaris var. blumei A.DC. |
synonym | Alstonia scholaris var. velutina Monach. |
synonym | Alstonia spectabilis Kurz |
synonym | Echites pala Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. |
synonym | Echites scholaris L. |
synonym | Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit
Trees, up to 30 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark greyish-brown, lenticellate.
Branches and Branchlets
Branches whorled; branchlets terete, glabrous.
Exudates
Latex milky white.
Leaves
Leaves simple, whorled with 4-7 unequal leaves; petiole 0.4-1.5 cm long; lamina 6-20 x 2.5-7 cm, narrow elliptic-oblanceolate, apex rounded or emarginate, base cuneate to decurrent, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, shining above, glaucous beneath; secondary nerves many, closely parallel with intramarginal vein; tertiary nerves obscure.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers bisexual, in terminal and lateral, paniculate cyme, greenish white.
Fruit and Seed
Follicles, linear 20-50 cm long; seeds many, linear-oblong, flat with a fringe of long hairs at both ends.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habitat
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
South and South East Asia to Australia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Karnataka, Kerala,gujarat, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
System of Medicines Used In
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=138 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=138
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- Echites scholaris L., Mant. Pl. 1: 53.1767.
- Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 76. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 642. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 810(569). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 164. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 250. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 226. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 274. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 238. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 409. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 278. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 288. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 218. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 277. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 201. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 407. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 241. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 187. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 434. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 307. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 418. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 515. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=138
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
- Echites scholaris L., Mant. Pl. 1: 53.1767.
- Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 76. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 642. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 810(569). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 164. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 250. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 226. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 274. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 238. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 409. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 278. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 288. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 218. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 277. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 201. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 407. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 241. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 187. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 434. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 307. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 418. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 515. 2009.
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Apocynaceae |
Genus | Alstonia |
Species | Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. |