Apocynaceae FAMILY

Alstonia spectabilis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Alstonia spectabilis is an evergreen tree; it can grow up to 40 metres tall. The bole can be up to 90cm in diameter, sometimes with small buttresses[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, to New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

HabitatFound on various soils in primary and secondary forest, at elevations up to 800 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].