Blackboard Tree vs Maid

Alstonia scholaris compared with Urobatis jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Maid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Urotrygonidae
Genus	Alstonia	Urobatis
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Urobatis jamaicensis

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Maid

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Maid
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.

Maid

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.