Cratoxylum maingayi is a flowering tree in the family Hypericaceae. The species is harvested for derum timber for limited local use.
Cratoxylum maingayi grows as a shrub or tree measuring up to 10m (30feet) tall with a diameter of up to 10cm (00inches). The brown bark is smooth to fissured. The leaves are opposite and have leaf stalks. The leaf blades are leathery in texture and a wide oval shape with a pointed tip.[1] The flowers are pale pink. The fruits measure up to 1.51NaN1 long.
Cratoxylum maingayi was described by British botanist William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1874.[2] It is named for the botanist Alexander Carroll Maingay.
Cratoxylum maingayi grows naturally in Indochina, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland forests.