chainfruit vs Pitch canker

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Fusarium
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Pitch canker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Pitch canker

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, and United States.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.