arrowroot vs Blackboard Tree

Thalia geniculata compared with Alstonia scholaris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrowroot	Blackboard Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Salpida (Salpida)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Salpidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Thalia	Alstonia
Species	Thalia geniculata	Alstonia scholaris

Conservation Status

arrowroot

LC — Least Concern

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrowroot	Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrowroot

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.