Apocynaceae FAMILY
Alstonia muelleriana
Alstonia muelleriana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
The living bark is extremely bitter when chewed, and may be poisonous[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A resilient species, it can cope with fires when young by producing coppice shoots from the base and root suckers[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Alstonia+muelleriana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
- [2]The Useful Native Plants of Australia. — Maiden J.H. · Turner & Co.; London. · 1889 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.