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Alstonia spatulata
Also called Siamese Balsa, Milky Pine, Spatulate Alstonia
In Singapore: Marsh Pulai, Hard Milkwood, Siamese Balsa, Pulai Basong, Basong, Pokok Rejang, Pulai Paya, Pulai Putih (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
Alstonia spatulata is a tall tropical tree from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, grown mainly for timber and as a shade or ornamental tree. It is not a houseplant, and it needs a warm, humid climate with full sun.
Alstonia spatulata is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. It is commonly known as hard milkwood or Siamese balsa, and Deum Chias (ដើមជាស), Deum Satba (ដើមស័ត្បា), or Deum Chamrong Preah Ream (ដើមចំរុងព្រះរាម) in Cambodian. It is native to Indochina (Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), western Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java), and New Guinea.
The species was described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alstonia spatulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
