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''Cratoxylum formosum'' or pink mempat is a species of flowering plant in the Hypericaceae family. Its commercial name in timber production is "mampat".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/maindata/we347.html )〕 It is a tropical plant found in Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The trees flower when there is dry weather followed by wet weather than dry weather again. It has pink flowers and can be up to 20 meters tall, though they rarely achieve the size required for timber exploitation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/maindata/we347.html )〕 In Laos, ''Cratoxylum fomosum'' trees are used: * for the production of charcoal * for their edible young leaves, which can be differentiated as either sour (ສົ້ມ), smooth (ມ່ອນ) or blood-red (ເລືອດ), possibly depending on subspecies (such as ''sp. prunifolium''). Local names: * Laotian: ໄມ້ຕີ້ວ (:mâi tȋːw) * Malay: mampat *Thai: ผักติ้ว Phak tiu * Vietnamese: thành ngạnh đẹp (''sp. prunifolium'' : thành ngạnh vàng) ==References== * (【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlIUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cratoxylum formosum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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