Barringtonia edulis
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Description
Small branching trees, 6-15 m tall.
Leaves grouped in whorls at end of branches;
Inflorescences 65-180 cm long, ramiflorous and terminal racemes, pendulous;
Flowers with pedicels 0.2-0.5 cm long, not articulate;
Fruits sessile, ellipsoid, truncate, tapering towards base, 4.5-9 by 2-4.5 cm, exocarp glabrous to sparsely puberulous, remains of calyx persistent;
Seeds ovoid, c. 3 cm long, distinctly fissured.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Kandavu endemic, Lakemba endemic, Ovalau endemic, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji endemic), Viti Levu endemic
Probably endemic to Fiji (Viti Levu, Kandavu, Ovalau, Lakemba) and much cultivated in other places for the edible seed, which probably accounts for its presence in New Guinea.