Alstonia scholaris
APOCYNACEAE. Indigenous
SIZE: Up to 50m tall; trunk size 100cm diameter
TYPE: Evergreen
HABITAT: Almost sea level and open mountain slopes at about 100m altitudes
The tree’s academic-sounding scientific name, scholaris, refer to its soft wood that was used as writing slates. The tree is also called the Devil Tree, undeserved because it is a medicinal tree.