Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

΅ΤιΗ’Ή Cratoxylum formosum (Jack.) Dyer subsp. pruniflorum Gogel. GUTTIFERAE 5

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Descriptions :
Shrub or small tree; 3-8 m. tall, diciduous, brown, or dark grey bark, red-yellow resin, with spine on stem or old branch. Leaf; simple, opposite, oblong lanceolate, entire, acute, attenuate, 3-5 cm by 6-8 cm., ventral leaf hairy, young leaf useually red. Inflorescence; racemose type, produce flower after shed leaves. Flower; complete, sepal 5, deep red or scarlet, hairy, petal 5, pink or white, marginal hairy, 0.3-0.5 by 2-3 cm.. Stamen; many, three bundle, filament white, anther light yellow, superior ovary.