Blackboard Tree vs Doum Palm

Alstonia scholaris compared with Hyphaene compressa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Doum Palm
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Arecaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Hyphaene
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Hyphaene compressa

Evolutionary Relationship

Blackboard Tree and Doum Palm share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.