Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Katung Fa

Alkanna maleolens compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Katung Fa
Kingdom same	Plantae (พืช)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Boraginaceae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Alkanna	Alstonia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Alstonia macrophylla

Evolutionary Relationship

Bad-smelling Alkanet and Katung Fa share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.