Cratoxylum formosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. Its commercial name in timber production is "mampat". The trees reach to 35 metres (115 ft) tall, though they rarely achieve the size required for timber exploitation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pink Mempat 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.
Easily confused with
- Margaritaria indica
- Terminalia arjuna
- Cratoxylum cochinchinense
- Psidium friedrichsthalianum
- Lagerstroemia floribunda
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Cratoxylum
- Species
- Cratoxylum formosum
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