Barringtonia tagala
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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;