Cratoxylum formosum Benth. & Hook.f.

 
  • Family : HYPERICACEAE
    (Hypericum Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHOLI PHULYA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Hypericaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ancistrolobus formosus (Jack) Zoll. & Moritzi; Elodes formosa Jack; Tridesmis formosa Korth.; Tridesmis jackii Spach
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cratoxylum formosum (Jack) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Dyer
  • Common name : Mampat
  • Habitat : Found in deciduous forests in all localities and very common on the high dry hills
  • Comments / notes : When leafless it is poor-looking and much resembles a young Podank tree
  • Key identification features : A moderate-sized, straight-stemmed tree, with a thin, yellowish-brown bark, peeling in small, thin, irregular flakes cut reddish, with a clear yellow juice and a strong pleasant smell like that of the mango. Flowers from the leafless branchlets, calyx reddish; petals pure white, fringed. Capsule torpedo-shaped
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,Rutland Islands
  • Native : Andaman Is., Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 85
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cratoxylum formosum. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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