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</p><p><b>al-STON-ee-uh</b> -- named for Dr. C. Alston, 18th cent. Scottish Prof. of Botany at Edinburgh    
<b>skol-lay-riss</b> -- of school, its wood traditional used for making wooden slates, blackboard
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: alstonia, Australian quinine bark tree, bitter-bark tree, blackboard tree, chatiyan wood, devil's tree, dita bark tree, shaitan, white cheesewood tree • <b>Bengali</b>: chattim • <b>Hindi</b>: चितवन chitvan, शैतान का झाड़ shaitan ka jhar • <b>Kannada</b>: doddapala, janthaila • <b>Malayalam</b>: daivappala • <b>Marathi</b>: सप्तपर्ण saptaparna, satvin • <b>Sanskrit</b>: सप्तपर्ण saptaparna • <b>Tamil</b>:  ஏழிலை பிள்ளை ezilai pillai, palegaruda, முகும்பலை mukumpalai • <b>Telugu</b>: ఏడాకులయరటిచెట్టు edakulayaraticettu, సప్తవర్ణము saptavarnamu
</p><p><b>Native of</b>: tropical Asia
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devil%20Tree.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/100620/index.html">Dave's Garden</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zipcodezoo.com/plants/a/alstonia_scholaris.asp">ZipCode Zoo</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=379&amp;entityType=PL****&amp;entityDisplayCategory=Common_Names">EcoPort</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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