Summary
Place of publication:
Asclepiadeae 65. 1810 (Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:76. 1811)
Verified:
01/19/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Forster, P. I. 1992. A taxonomic revision of Alstonia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 5:753-759.
- George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Sidiyasa, K. 1997. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea suppl. 11:184-187.
- Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):90.
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
Common names
English
hard alstonia – hard cheesewood – hard milkwood – milky yellowwood –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Celebes | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Irian Jaya | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Moluccas | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Celebes, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, Irian Jaya], Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Pacific
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Solomon Islands
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):90. |
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=410979.
Accessed 20 September 2024.