Barringtonia ashtonii

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Barringtonia ashtonii

Description

Small trees, 4-17 m tall; Leaves: Inflorescences terminal spikes, pendulous, 30-77 cm, glabrous or slightly pulverulent, with c. 40 flowers; Flowers sessile, hypanthium tetragonous, with 4 ribs, 3-4 by 1-2 mm, glabrous; Fruits ovoid, slightly tapering at both ends, 4.5-7 by 2-3 by 2-3 cm, 4-5-ribbed. Seeds ovoid, c. 2.75 by 2 cm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Kalimantan present, Sabah present, Sarawak present)
Malesia: Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan).

Citation

Prance 2013: p. 29. – In: Allertonia: f. 2
Pinard 2002 – In: Soepadmo et al., Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak 4: 107