Barringtonia macrocarpa

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Barringtonia macrocarpa

Description

Shrubs or small trees, 1.5-13 m tall. Leaves: Inflorescences terminal racemes, pendulous, with c. 135 flowers, 26-112 cm long; Flowers with pedicels 5-15 mm; Fruits (immature) 3-4-gonous, 3-4-winged, 6-12.5 by 1.5-3 by c. 1.5 cm. Seeds ovoid, fissured, c. 3.5 by 0.75 by 1.5 cm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Enggano present, Myanmar present
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam; in Malesia: Sumatra (Enggano Is.), Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java.

Uses

Roots rubbed with ashes used as a fish poison.

Citation

Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 673
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 21
Backer & Bakh.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 353
Koord. 1912 – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: 665
Ochse & Bakh. 1931: Veg. Dutch East Indies: 357
Nied. 1892 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3: 33
Hassk. 1844: Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 263
Nied. 1892: p. 33. – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3: f. 13A-H
Backer & Bakh.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 353
Koord. 1912 – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: 665
Payens 1967 – In: Blumea: 237
Teijsm. & Binn. 1866: Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 248
Hassk. 2013: p. 103. – In: Allertonia: f. 22
Prance 2012 – In: Kiew et al., Fl. Penins. Malaysia 3: 196
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 528
Müll.Berol. 1857 – In: Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 850
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 17
Koord. 1912 – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: 666
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 22
Koord. 1912 – In: Exkurs.-Fl. Java: 666
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 48
Koord. & Valeton 1900 – In: Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië: 13
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 528
Koord. & Valeton 1900 – In: Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië: 8
R.Knuth 1939: p. 23. – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: f. 3A-H
Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 670
Müll.Berol. 1857 – In: Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 850
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 23
Müll.Berol. 1857 – In: Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 851
K.Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind., ed. 2: 1160
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind.: 485