Summary
Place of publication:
Asclepiadeae 64. 1810 (Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:75. 1811)
Verified:
01/19/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
blackboardtree – deviltree – ditabark – milkwood-pine – milky-bean – milky-pine – pali-mari – palmira alstonia – white cheesewood – white-pine – French
echite – German
Teufelsbaum – Indonesian
pulai – Malay
pulai – Transcribed Chinese
tang jiao shu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangxi, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands
Cultivated
Africa
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Materials | fiber | | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- |
Materials | wood | | Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2688.
Accessed 20 September 2024.