Alstonia angustiloba Miq.

Etymology	Genus	After Dr Charles Alston, a professor of Botany
	Species	Having narrow lobes
Family		Apocynaceae
Synonyms		-
Common Names		Common Pulai
Status		Native: Least Concern
Form		Tree
Native Distribution		Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java

Diagnostics

The most common Alstonia tree in Malaya, it can grow up to 40m tall with tall, fluted buttresses supporting the base. It can easily be differentiated from other congeners by looking at at the number of leaves in a whorl, where it is the only species which can have more than 6 leaves (between 4-9; Middleton, 2007).

Interesting Facts

The tallest tree in Pulau Ubin is a Common Pulai, standing about 40m.

References

Middleton DJ. (2007) Apocynaceae (Subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana, Volume 18. 474 pp.