Barringtonia calyptrata
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Description
Small to medium sized trees, 10-20 m tall, twigs 5-10 mm diam.
Leaves grouped towards apex of branches;
Inflorescences ramiflorous spikes, pendulous, 30-40 cm long, with up to 60 flowers, densely distributed;
Flowers sessile;
Fruits ovoid or spindle-shaped, 5-9.5 by 1.75-2.5 by 1.5-2.25 cm, truncate.
Seeds subglobular, c. 2 by 1.5 cm.
Distribution
Aru Is present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Lizard Is present, N Australia present
N Australia (Lizard Is.); in Malesia: Moluccas (Aru Is.), New Guinea.
Uses
Wood soft and with an even grain and used for making fruit cases and flooring. Boiled leaves used for chest pain in New Guinea.
Citation
C.T.White 1919 – In: Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales: 823, 825
F.M.Bailey 1913: Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl.: 209
auct. non Seem.: F.M.Bailey 1913: Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl.: 209
Prance 2013: p. 37. – In: Allertonia: f. 22
Britten 1901: p. 40. – In: Banks & Sol., Ill. Austral. Pl. Cook’s Voy. 2: t. 123
R.J.F.Hend. 1982 – In: A.S.George, Fl. Australia 8: 4
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 20
F.M.Bailey 1923 – In: Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland: 46
Lauterb. 1922 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 350
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 19
C.T.White 1929 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 246