Seeds of A. scholaris are oblong, with ciliated margins, and end with tufts of hairs 1.5–2 cm (0.6–0.8 in) long.

At high doses, an extract of the plant exhibited marked damage to all the major organs of the body in both rats and mice.

[10] Echitamine is the most important alkaloid found in the bark, as it has been detected in all samples studied and collected from several locations.

[11] The wood of Alstonia scholaris has been recommended for the manufacture of pencils, as it is suitable in nature and the tree grows rapidly and is easy to cultivate.

The wood close to the root is very light and of white colour, and in Borneo was used for net floats, household utensils, trenchers, corks, etc.

It has also been found effectual in restoring the tone of the stomach and of the system generally in debility after fevers and other exhausting diseases (Pharmacopoeia of India).

"[14] Despite its widespread traditional use as an 'antiperiodic' (a medicine which was supposed to cure the effects of malaria), it was found to have little to very weak activity against Plasmodium falciparum.

[16] During convocation the leaves of Alstonia scholaris (saptaparni) are awarded to graduates and postgraduates of Visva-Bharati University by the chancellor, given to him in turn by the Prime Minister of India.

In recent years, supposedly to prevent excessive damage to the environment, the vice-chancellor of the University accepts one saptaparni leaf from the chancellor on behalf of all the students.