Yellow Cow Wood
Cratoxylum cochinchinense | |
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Dehiscent seed capsules, leaves and trunk: Cat Tien National Park specimen | |
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Characteristic trunk of young tree (with epiphytic orchids) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Genus: | Cratoxylum |
Species: | C. cochinchinense
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Binomial name | |
Cratoxylum cochinchinense | |
Synonyms | |
Ancistrolobus ligustrinus Spach |
Cratoxylum cochinchinense (or Cratoxylon cochinsinensis (Lour.) Blume, an orthographic variant often still used in Vietnam, where the species was described) is a plant now placed in the family Hypericaceae. The specific epithet cochinchinense is from the Latin meaning "of Cochinchina". In Vietnamese C. cochinchinense is usually called thành ngạch nam or lành ngạnh nam, other names include: hoàng ngưu mộc, hoàng ngưu trà and đỏ ngọn.