Alstonia scholaris, Blackboard tree - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Blackboard tree, devil’s tree, dita-bark tree, Indian devil tree, ditabark, milkwood pine, white cheesewood

Botanical name & synonyms: Alstonia scholaris, Alstonia kurzii, Echites malabarica, Echites pala, Echites scholaris, Pala scholaris

Family: (Apocynoideae)

• native to India, South-East-Asia
  

• evergreen tree to 40m
  

• medicinal plant, ethnobotany

• frost-tender