Alstonia boonei De Wild.

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Status: Native
Description:
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Type location:
Ulele, DR Congo
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Habitat: In moist forest, riverine forest, secondary forest and less often in drier forest. Sometimes locally dominant.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution: Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cabinda, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Botanical divisions: II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,IX
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Literature:

Beentje, H. (2021). Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise Pages 18 - 20. (Includes a picture).


Other sources of information about Alstonia boonei:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Alstonia boonei
African Plant Database: Alstonia boonei
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alstonia boonei
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alstonia boonei
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Alstonia boonei
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iNaturalist: Alstonia boonei
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Alstonia boonei
JSTOR Plant Science: Alstonia boonei
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alstonia boonei
Plants of the World Online: Alstonia boonei
Tropicos: Alstonia boonei
Wikipedia: Alstonia boonei


Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-25

The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Species information: Alstonia boonei.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=254230, retrieved 7 July 2025

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