| Knema lenta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Knema |
| Species: | K. lenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Knema lenta | |
Knema lenta is a species of flowering plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is called 狭叶红光树 xia ye hong guang shu in Chinese, and máu chó thấu kính in Vietnamese. It is a small tree native to Bangladesh, south-central China (Yunnan), eastern India (the Andaman Islands and Arunachal Pradesh), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The tree grows up to 20 m (66 ft) tall, in tropical moist forest areas up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) elevation.
The species was described by Otto Warburg in 1897.