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Taxon:  Alstonia spatulata Blume



Summary
Genus:
Alstonia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Alstonieae
Nomen number:
410980
Place of publication:
Bijdr. 1037. 1826-1827
Verified:
01/19/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Kiew, R. et al., eds. 2010-. Flora of peninsular Malaysia Note: Forest Research Institute Malaysia.
  2. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  3. Sidiyasa, K. 1997. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea suppl. 11:181-184.
  4. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  5. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):89.
  6. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Common names
English
hard milkwood –
Siamese balsa –
Indonesian
lame bodas –
Malay
pulai paya –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawaw.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand (s.), Vietnam (s.)
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa (w.), Kalimantan, Sumatera], Malaysia, Singapore
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialscork/cork substitutefide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):90. 1993Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):89.
Materialswoodfide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):90. 1993Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):89.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410980. Accessed 3 May 2025.