Barringtonia tagala

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Barringtonia tagala

Description

Upright leptocaul trees, to 20 m; Leaves in loose whorls of 5-14, in upper half of internode; Inflorescences lateral, arising from old leaf axils, often someway behind apex, sometimes solitary, usually in clusters of 2-3(-4), pendulous, rachis to 90 by 0.3 cm, thickening in fruit to 0.5 cm, glabrous, round, smooth to striate; Flowers 25-40, pedicels characteristically upcurved when in bud, nodding when flowering, and ± lateral after flower has fallen, c. 1.5 by 0.6 cm, not articulate; Fruits narrow-cylindric when young, c. 8.5 by 2 cm, becoming thicker and oblong with age, to 9.5 by 4.5 cm, apex and base blunt;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Madang Province present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea, so far only known from the Gogol valley, Madang Province.

Citation

Prance 2013: p. 83. – In: Allertonia: f. 29