Product Description: Alstonia scholaris Seeds — The Scholar’s Fragrant Sentinel
Plant not just a tree, but a legacy—embodying wisdom, healing, and floral drama. Alstonia scholaris, known as the Scholar’s Tree or Devil Tree, carries names that echo its elegance, folklore, and surprising sweet power. These seeds offer more than mere growth—they offer stories.
Bloom & Fragrance
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Blossoms: In the hush of evening during its winter flowering, clusters of creamy white to pale yellow tubular blooms unfurl—lit by the soft glow of twilight.
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Fragrance: Boldly scented, its aroma carries far on the night breeze—sweet, pungent, even intoxication-inducing under massed blooms. Some legends whisper the devil dwells within its scent, while science credits linalool for the effect.
Hardiness & Growth
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USDA Zones: Thrives in Zones 9–11, ideal for warm temperate and tropical climates.
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Growth Habit: A striking evergreen tree, capable of soaring 30–40 meters (rarely 60 m) tall. Its symmetrical, whorled leaves and stately branching evoke a pagoda's grace.
Pollinators & Wildlife Players
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Night’s Winged Visitors: At dusk, hawk moths such as hummingbird hawkmoth and jasmine moth descend for nectar, activating night’s pollination symphony.
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Daytime Guests: Bees, flies, and a rich array of butterflies—like Euploea, Borbo, Iambrix, Hypolimnas—flock to its blooms, weaving ribbons of life in morning light.
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Nesting Haven & Nectar Bounty: Its massive branches offer homely nesting nooks for wild bees, while lavish flower clusters fuel sparrows, flies, and more.
Cultural & Botanical Lore
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Wisdom & Wood: Its Latin name "scholaris" nods to its historic use: crafting wooden slates for students. Bark, leaves, seeds, and sap have long held roles in healing traditions—from anti-malarial to febrifuge, digestive aid to asthma relief.
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Shadowed Reverence: Reputed as “devil tree” in folklore, yet revered in Ayurvedic and Unani traditions. Its latex soothes ulcers and rheumatic pain; bark treats fevers and digestive woes—testimony to its dual nature and depth.
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Silken Seeds: Its fruits open to release wind-dispersed seeds adorned with silky tufts—a whisper of forest magic riding the breeze.
Why You’ll Cherish These Seeds
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Legend in Leaf: Grow not just a tree, but a living story—of knowledge, healing balm, and fragrant myth.
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Evening Spectacle: Sweet-scented flowers transform dusk into perfumed twilight festivals.
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Garden Festival of Wings: From night-flying moths to sunlit butterflies and bees, your garden becomes a theater of pollination.
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Timber of Thought: A future scholar’s tree—tall, stately, serene, and full of lore.
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Ecological Gift: Nesting bees, sparrows sipping nectar, seeds drifting on evening breezes—this tree becomes a network of life.
Plant Alstonia scholaris seeds to cultivate more than a tree—grow an illuminated sentinel of fragrance, folklore, and gentle forest dance.