Summary ⁵

Alyxia stellata is a plant in family Apocynaceae. Its white bark gives away a certain distinctive smell and bitter taste. This plant grows wild in the forests and in the fields of mountainous area. The bark contains: tannic substances, coumarin, bitter substances, and alkaloids.

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1. (c) David Eickhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5209989744/
2. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Alyxia.oliviformis1web.jpg
3. (c) Lauren Gutierrez, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/guam-flora-fauna/14131501046/
4. (c) David Eickhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5209990670_b0ba703734.jpg
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyxia_stellata

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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