Hypericaceae FAMILY
Cratoxylum glaucum
Cratoxylum glaucum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cratoxylum glaucum is an evergreen tree; it can grow up to 25 metres tall. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is used locally and also exported.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
HabitatMainly on podsolised sands, heath woodland, raised beaches, etc, also in swampy or peaty areas (fresh-water swamps, peat swamp, peat forest), usually at elevations up to 100 metres, rarely ascending to 1,000 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].