Blackboard Tree vs King Pin

Alstonia scholaris compared with Chaenothecopsis debilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	King Pin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Eurotiomycetes (Eurotiomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Mycocaliciales (Mycocaliciales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Mycocaliciaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Chaenothecopsis
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Chaenothecopsis debilis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

King Pin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	King Pin
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.

King Pin

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.