Calophyllum inophyllum

Calophyllum inophyllum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 513 (1753).

Calophyllum inophyllum L.; Photo by Lang Dân Chánh Hiệu 

The native range of this species is Kenya to Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food and for food.

Vietnamese name: 

Mù u, Còng, Hồ đồng

Latin name: 

Calophyllum inophyllum L.

Family: 

Clusiaceae

Uses: 

Swollen, swollen throat, orange teeth, rheumatism, purulent ear infections, scabies, hair fungus, neuritis in kennel disease, rheumatism. Stomach pain, internal bleeding (Shell). Inflammation of the tooth root (Root).

Distribution: 

Hai Phong, Hanoi, Nghe An, Quang Binh, Quang Tri to Ba Ria Vung Tau. The tree grows naturally scattered along the forest, leaning on the canal near the sea.

Flowering and fruiting season: 

February-December