Alstonia constricta F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Alstonia

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m high. Leaves opposite; petiole 5–50 mm long; lamina linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or lanceolate-obovate, 2.5–18 cm long, 0.7–5 cm wide, cuneate, acute, discolorous; secondary veins 12–20 each side of midrib, 2–9 mm apart; tertiary venation reticulate and prominent. Inflorescence 2–20 cm long. Flowers 4–5 mm long, 3.5–13 mm diam.; pedicels 1.5–2.7 mm long. Sepals lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 0.8–2 mm long. Corolla cream; tube 2.5–4 mm long, glabrous externally; lobes lanceolate, 2.5–6 mm long, primarily glabrous apart from dense indumentum internally on lower half. Fruit 7–26 cm long. Seeds oblong, 6–7 mm long; hairs 2–5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A pioneer species in vine thickets and vine forests or in open forests and woodlands.
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Dry and littoral forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses animal food dye food additive material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison seasoning vertebrate poison wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Alstonia constricta unspecified picture

Distribution

Alstonia constricta world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Alstonia constricta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76518-1
WFO ID wfo-0000952033
COL ID C8T6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Alstonia constricta Alstonia mollis Alstonia constricta var. mollis Alstonia constricta var. montmariensis