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1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Quarry Road near SingTel Tower
Cratoxylum maingayi is a small tree or large shrub in the St John's wort family (Hypericaceae), native to lowland forests of Indochina, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It is a wet tropical species best kept warm and humid, and it is rarely grown outside its native range.
Cratoxylum maingayi is a flowering tree in the family Hypericaceae. The species is harvested for derum timber for limited local use.
Cratoxylum maingayi grows naturally in Indochina, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland forests.
[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 maingayi 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.
