Cratoxylum maingayi
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Cratoxylum
| species = maingayi
| authority = Dyer
| synonyms = *Cratoxylum harmandii Pierre
- Cratoxylum formosum var. thorelii Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Cratoxylum acuminatum Merr.
- Cratoxylum cochinchinense var. calcareum Ridl.
- Cratoxylum parvifolium Merr.
- Cratoxylum subglaucum Merr.
- Cratoxylum thorelii Pierre ex Gagnep.
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Cratoxylum maingayi is a flowering tree in the family Hypericaceae. The species is harvested for derum timber for limited local use.
Description
Cratoxylum maingayi grows as a shrub or tree measuring up to {{convert|10|m|-1}} tall with a diameter of up to {{convert|10|cm|0}}. The brown bark is smooth to fissured. The leaves are opposite and have leaf stalks. The leaf blades are leathery in texture and a wide oval shape with a pointed tip.{{Cite web |title=NParks {{!}} Cratoxylum maingayi |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/6/3685 |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=www.nparks.gov.sg}} The flowers are pale pink. The fruits measure up to {{convert|1.5|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long.
Taxonomy
Cratoxylum maingayi was described by British botanist William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1874.{{Cite POWO |id=433063-1 |title=Cratoxylum maingayi Dyer |access-date=2024-10-14 |}} It is named for the botanist Alexander Carroll Maingay.
Distribution and habitat
Cratoxylum maingayi grows naturally in Indochina, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland forests.
References
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{{Cite book | last1 = Wong | first1 = K. M. | date = 1995 | contribution = Cratoxylum maingayi Dyer | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSSvol1_3.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Wong | editor2-first = K. M. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 1 | pages = 225–226 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-9592-34-3 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 12 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}
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Category:Flora of Peninsular Malaysia
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