Cratoxylum cochinchinense is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is sometimes referred to using an orthographic variant Cratoxylon cochinsinensis (Lour.) 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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Red Memphat being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Cratoxylum
- Species
- Cratoxylum cochinchinense
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