Barringtonia procera

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Description

Small trees, 7-15 m tall. Leaves: Inflorescences terminal spikes, pendulous, 30-80 cm long, densely flowered with up to 120 flowers; Flowers sessile; Fruits cylindrical, 8-sided, hooked near base on alternate ribs, 6-7.5 by 3-4 by 3-3.5 cm. Seeds ovoid, slightly fissured, 3-3.5 by 1-2 cm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, New Britain present, New Ireland present, Papua New Guinea present, Solomon Is present, Vanuatu present

Solomon Is., Vanuatu; in Malesia: Papua New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland.

Uses

Seeds edible, commonly planted around villages or grown in plantations.

Notes

For differences with B. lumina see note under latter.

Citation

Payens 1967 – In: Blumea: 223

E.Walker 1948: For. British Solomon Is. Protect.: 131

Lauterb. & K.Schum. 1900: Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 463

Lauterb. 1922 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 350

Guillaumin 1948 – In: Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille: 38

Lauterb. 1922 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 349

Peekel 1945: Ill. Fl. Bism. Arch: 1287: f. 1286

R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 37

K.Schum. 1895 – In: Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin: 54

Prance 2013: p. 67. – In: Allertonia: f. 16, 17, 40, 41

R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 24