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Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.

[ Family : Apocynaceae ]

[ Synonyms : Alstonia kurzii Hook.f.; Echites pala Ham.; Echites scholaris L.; Pala scholaris (L.) Roberty ]

[ Common name (Local) : Chhatim, Chhatiyan, Chhatnia ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Chhatim, Saptaparni | Sanskrit : Saptaparna | Hindi : Chhatiyan, Shaitan ka jhar | Tribal : Chhatnia, Chattini daru, Kunumung | English : Dita bark, Satan wood, Devil's tree | Other Languages : Ezhilampala, Mukkam (Mal.) ; Mukkam, Ezilai paalai, Elilaipalai (Tam.)

[ Trade Name : Saptaparni, Chhatiyan, Satan wood ]

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial Wild as well as planted in the plains and the sub-Himalayan tract. ,
Occurrence : Available through out the state upto 1000 m.

Status : Common
Botanical Character : An evergreen tree, around 40-70 ft. high, trunk tall, often fluted and base buttressed; branches whorled, almost horizontal; bark yellow inside and exudes milky latex with bitter taste. Leaves whorled- usually 7, rarely 4-8, entire, elliptic-oblong, very coriaceous, whitish beneath; nerves 30-60 pairs, horizontal, petiole stout, Cymes umbellately branched; peduncle 3-7 cm, very stout; flowers small, subcapitate, greenish- white aromatic. Corolla having villous throat, lobes rounded. Ovary hirsute. Follicles 30-60 cm, pendulous in clusters, terete. Seeds linear, oblong, papillose.

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Flowering & Fruiting : August--March
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Soil Character : Can grow on wide range of soil varieties including poor soil.
Climate : Tropical
Propagules : Seeds
Sowing Times : April--September
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