Barringtonia pendula
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Description
Large trees, 15-47 m tall.
Leaves:
Inflorescences ramiflorous spikes, pendulous, 20-110 cm long, 40-50-flowered;
Flowers sessile;
Fruits ovoid or musiform, fissured, pulverulent, truncate at both ends, 6-15 by 1.5-3.5 cm, single seeded.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present, Sarawak present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Myanmar present, W and S Sumatra present
China, Myanmar, Thailand; in Malesia: W and S Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak).
Notes
Some material of this species has been mistakenly identified as Chydenanthus excelsus (Blume) Miers, a species of Sumatra and Java that does not occur in Peninsular Malaysia (see ). This is the largest tree in the genus Barringtonia.
Citation
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 30
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 758
Kurz 2013: p. 114. – In: Allertonia: f. 25
Payens 1967 – In: Blumea: 248
Nied. 1892 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3: 33
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 31
Prance 2012 – In: Kiew et al., Fl. Penins. Malaysia 3: 202
Corner 1940 – In: Wayside Trees Malaya: 355
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma