Blackboard Tree vs Dwarfing Redleaf

Alstonia scholaris compared with Exobasidium juelianum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Dwarfing Redleaf
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Exobasidiaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Exobasidium
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Exobasidium juelianum

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Dwarfing Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Dwarfing Redleaf
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.

Dwarfing Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.