Cratoxylum cochinchinense
Cratoxylum cochinchinense is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is sometimes referred to using an orthographic variant Cratoxylon cochinsinensis Blume in Vietnam, where the species was described. The specific epithet cochinchinense is from the Latin meaning "of Cochinchina". In Vietnamese, C. cochinchinense is usually called thành ngạch nam or lành ngạnh nam, other names include: hoàng ngưu mộc, hoàng ngưu trà and đỏ ngọn.
In Malesia, the trees are cut for derum timber.
Description
Cratoxylum cochinchinense grows as a shrub or tree, typically measuring 10- tall with a diameter of up to. The brown bark is smooth to flaky, with characteristic lateral pegs which are the remnants of previous leaf clusters ; leaf undersides are glaucous. The flowers are crimson red, which develop into seed capsules measuring up to long.
Cratoxylum cochinchinense is native to the Andaman Islands, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its habitat is sub-tropical and tropical forests, including kerangas forests and peat swamps.