5 common remedies from red tree tops
Red top tree is a medicine that has been used for a long time among the people, in some traditional remedies... Common names: Thanh Ngan, May fairy tree, Hoang Nguu Moc. Scientific name: Cratoxylon prunifolium Dyer. Red tree tops 1. Biological characteristics of the red-top tree The red top tree often grows in hills, primary or secondary forests, riverside, swamps, clay or sandy soil, up to 1,200m altitude. It is a medium to large tree that can grow up to 45 m tall. The bark of the tree is gray and scaly. The tree is easy to spot when the top is covered with pale pink flowers among the new red foliage, which gives the tree its name . The foliage of the red tree is opposite, long-stemmed, pulpy with papery leaf blades often narrow to broad oval and 3.5–18 x 1–7.6 cm long. The new leaves of the plant have reddish-pink leaf blades that turn green when mature. The flowers are lightly scented with a light pink col...