Alstonia scholaris
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Botanical: Alstonia scholaris (R. BR.) Echites scholaris (Linn.). Dita Bark. Bitter Bark. Devil Tree. Pale Mara. The tree grows from 50 to 80 feet high, has a furrowed trunk, oblong stalked leaves up to 6 inches long and 4 inches wide, dispersed in four to six whorls round the stem, their upper side glossy, under side white, nerves running at right angles to the mid-rib. The bark is almost odourless and very bitter, in commerce it is found in irregular fragments 1/8 to 1/2 inch thick, texture spongy, fracture coarse and short, outside layer rough uneven fissured brownish grey and sometimes blackish spots; inside layer bright buff, transverse section shows a number of small medullary rays in inner layer.
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| Date | Creation Date: 19-may-1995 Expiration Date: 20-may-2016 |