Teufelsbaum vs Fish-bone Cassia

Alstonia scholaris compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Teufelsbaum	Fish-bone Cassia
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gentianales (Enzianartige)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Apocynaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Alstonia	Chamaecrista
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Chamaecrista mimosoides

Evolutionary Relationship

Teufelsbaum and Fish-bone Cassia share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Teufelsbaum

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Teufelsbaum	Fish-bone Cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Teufelsbaum

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.

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Teufelsbaum

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇹🇼 Taiwan