Barringtonia flagellata
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Description
Large trees.
Leaves:
Inflorescences terminal, pendulous, to 85 cm long, the rachis thin, c. 2 mm thick, sparsely short-puberulous, longitudinally striate when dry.
Flowers unknown.
Fruits obpyriform, distinctly tetragonous, c. 5 cm long, 1.7-2 cm wide, calyx persistent;
Seed 1, elongate-ellipsoid, c. 3 by 1.2 cm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present), Enggano Island present
Malesia: Sumatra (Enggano Island).
Notes
Payens () placed this species in synonymy under B. re- voluta. It differs in the thinner chartaceous leaves, the long inflorescence and seems to be distinct from any other species. It is probably close to B. chantaranoi from Borneo, the material of which was also identified as B. revoluta by Payens. There are enough differences in the leaves and fruit to keep these two taxa apart. Since B. flagellata is based on a single collection with young fruit only I prefer to keep it as a poorly known species for the moment until further material is collected.