Blackboard Tree vs Fringed Cup

Alstonia scholaris compared with Encoelia fimbriata

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Fringed Cup is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Fringed Cup
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cenangiaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Encoelia
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Encoelia fimbriata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Fringed Cup
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.

Fringed Cup

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.