Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Alstonia boonei?
If you know websites containing any information about Alstonia boonei please link to them.
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I didn’t find in Dr. Duke’s database, any information about the uses of Alstonia boonei
Here is some basic information about Alstonia boonei.
Alstonia boonei basic info
Scientific Name: Alstonia boonei De Wild..
Family: Apocynaceae.
Genus: Alstonia.
Common names in English: cheesewood, patternwood, stoolwood.
For common names of Alstonia boonei in different languages – See link
Description: Alstonia boonei is a very large, deciduous, tropical-forest tree belonging to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to tropical West Africa, with a range extending into Ethiopia and Tanzania. Its common name in the English timber trade is cheese wood, pattern wood or stool wood (see Ashanti Empire golden stool) while its common name in the French timber trade is “emien” (derived from the vernacular of the Ivory Coast). – for more info about Alstonia boonei See link
Alstonia boonei in other websites
Alstonia boonei common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website – See link.
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