''Cratoxylum maingayi'' is a plant in the family

Hypericaceae Hypericaceae is a plant family in the order Malpighiales, comprising six to nine genera and up to 700 species, and commonly known as the St. John's wort family. Members are found throughout the world apart from extremely cold or dry habitats. '' ...

. It is named for the botanist

Alexander Carroll Maingay Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836 - 1869) was a British physician, botanist and botanical collector. Education Alexander Carroll Maingay was born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1854-1858, obt ...

Description

''Cratoxylum maingayi'' grows as a shrub or tree measuring up to tall with a diameter of up to . The brown bark is smooth to fissured. The flowers are pale pink. The fruits measure up to long. The trees are cut for derum timber for limited local use.

Distribution and habitat

''Cratoxylum maingayi'' grows naturally in

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

and

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. Its habitat is lowland forests.

References

maingayi Flora of Indo-China Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Flora of Sumatra Flora of Borneo Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cratoxylum-stub