Cratoxylum cochinchinense

Botanical Description

Cratoxylum cochinchinense is a deciduous shrub, or more commonly a tree; it usually grows 1.5 - 18 metres tall, occasionally to 33 metres. The bole has clusters of long thorns on its lower part; it is often of poor shape, up to 55cm in diameter and sometimes fluted at the base[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, medicines, dyestuff and wood. Where trees of sufficient dimension are found, they are often harvested for their wood, known as derum, which is used locally and also exported. The tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].