Barringtonia pterita

Primary tabs

Barringtonia pterita

Description

Small trees, 7-10 m tall. Leaves sessile or with petioles 0.5-1 cm long; Inflorescences terminal or ramiflorous racemes or spikes, pendulous, 58-144 cm long, c. 60-flowered; Flowers sessile or with pedicels 5-12 mm long; Fruits distinctly 4-winged, tetragonous, truncate, tapering at base, 4-6 by 1-2.5 by 1-2 cm. Seeds ovoid, distinctly fissured, 2.5-3.5 by 1-1.25 cm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Philippines (Philippines present)
Malesia: Borneo and Philippines.

Citation

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl.: 142
Prance 2013: p. 69. – In: Allertonia: f. 2
Pinard 2002 – In: Soepadmo et al., Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak 4: 117
Payens 1967 – In: Blumea: 210