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Cratoxylum formosum
In Singapore: Pink Mempat, Derum, Mempat, Entemu, Geronggang Biabas, Gerunggung, Kemutul, Kemutun, Mempitis, 越南黄牛木 (Native to Singapore, Endangered)
2 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in Nim Crescent Open Space; Found in
Cratoxylum formosum is a tropical tree from Southeast Asia, grown mainly for timber and the ornamental pink or white flowers, and rarely cultivated as a garden plant. Its key to growing is consistently moist, warm, humid conditions in full sun to light shade, since it naturally grows in swampy margins and wet forest.
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.
Cratoxylum formosum is a tropical plant found in the Andaman Islands, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The trees bloom during the dry period in seasonal tropical climates. They inhabit primary and secondary forests at altitudes from 0–600 m, with the upper limit to 1200 m, on slopes, river margins and swamps in sandy to clayey soils.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cratoxylum formosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
