Apocynaceae
Blackboard tree
Alstonia scholaris
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Alstonia
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Common names
By language (36)
- ace
- Trom putéh
- Arabic
- لحاء شجرة الألزاس
- arz
- الستينيا سكولاريس
- ban
- Pulé
- Bangla
- ছাতিম
- bjn
- Pulantan
- Burmese
- စရည်း, တောင်မုရိုးပင်, လက်ပံခါးပင်
- Cantonese
- 糖膠樹
- Chinese
- 糖胶树, 黑板树, 黑板樹, 九度叶, 买担别, 吃力秀, 大枯树, 大树理肺散
- English
- Blackboard tree, Milkwood pine, White cheesewood, Indian devil tree, Milky pine, Devil tree, Ditabark, Saptparni
- Estonian
- Orgasmi-pagoodipuu
- Filipino
- Dita
- Finnish
- Aasiansaitanpuu
- gor
- Talanggilala
- Gujarati
- સપ્તપર્ણી
- Hebrew
- עץ השטן
- Hindi
- सप्तपर्ण
- Indonesian
- Pulai
- Javanese
- Pulé putih
- Kannada
- ಹಾಲೆ ಮರ
- lah
- ایلسٹونیا
- mad
- Polay
- Malay
- Pulai lilin, Pulai hitam
- Malayalam
- ഏഴിലംപാല
- Marathi
- सातविण, सैतान
- Nepali
- छतिवन
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉတိၼ်ပဵတ်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉတၢင်ႈတိၼ်ပဵတ်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၼိဝ်ႉၶူမ်
- Sindhi
- ڦڳڻ ڦلاريو
- Sinhala
- රුක්අත්තන
- Sundanese
- Lamé
- Tamil
- ஏழிலைப்பாலை, ஏகாளி மரம், ஏழிலைக்கள்ளி
- tcy
- ಪಾಲೆಮರ
- Telugu
- ఏడాకుల పాల
- Thai
- พญาสัตบรรณ, ตีนเป็ด, สัตบรรณ
- Urdu
- آلسٹونیا
- Vietnamese
- Hoa sữa
Synonyms
- Alstonia kurzii Hook.f.
- Alstonia scholaris var. avae A.DC.
- Alstonia scholaris var. blumei A.DC.
- Alstonia scholaris var. velutina Monach.
- Alstonia spectabilis Kurz
- Echites pala Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.
- Echites scholaris L.
- Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.