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Alstonia is a genus of about 40 to 60 evergreen trees and shrubs in the dogbane family, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Central America, Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Australia. Most species are trees that can grow very large, and the genus is best known in gardens through Alstonia scholaris, the devil tree or dita bark tree.
Alstonia is a widespread genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, of the family Apocynaceae. It was named by Robert Brown in 1811, after Charles Alston (1685–1760), professor of botany at Edinburgh from 1716 to 1760.
The type species Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. was originally named Echites scholaris by Linnaeus in 1767.
Alstonia angustifolia · Alstonia angustiloba · Alstonia · Alstonia constricta · Deviltree · Alstonia pneumatophora · Indian devil tree · Hard Milkwood
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