Barringtonia confusa

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Barringtonia confusa

Description

Small to medium sized trees, to 20 m tall. Leaves: Inflorescences axillary or cauliflorous, pendulous, rachis 1.5-2 mm diam., sparsely short-puberulous, 25-70 cm long; Flowers with puberulous pedicels 6-16 mm long; Fruits oblong-ovoid, tapering towards apex and base, 4-6 by 2-3 cm, slightly 6-ridged towards apex; Seeds ovoid, c. 3.5 by 1.5 cm, fissured.

Distribution

Ambon present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present), Halmahera present
Malesia: Moluccas (Halmahera and Ambon).

Uses

Bark used as a fish poison.

Notes

For differences with B. magnifolia, see note under latter.

Citation

Prance 2013: p. 45. – In: Allertonia: f. 21