Barringtonia augusta
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Description
Small pachycaul trees, 8-15 m tall.
Leaves:
Inflorescences terminal spikes, pendulous, 40-220 cm long, with up to 370 flowers;
Flowers sessile;
Fruits oblong, tetragonous or trigonous, 5-7 by 2-2.5 by 1.5-2 cm, tapering towards apex, truncate at base, with undulating wings 3-5 mm wide.
Seeds single, ovoid, subtrigonous, c. 2.2 by 1 by 0.9 cm, fissured, rounded at apex.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Thailand (Thailand present), S Myanmar present, northern Peninsular Malaysia present
S Myanmar, Thailand; in Malesia: Northern Peninsular Malaysia.
Citation
C.B.Clarke 1879 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 509
Kurz 2013: p. 91. – In: Allertonia: f. 20
Kurz 1875: Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu: App. A, lxvi, App. B, 52
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 20
Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 671
Prance 2012 – In: Kiew et al., Fl. Penins. Malaysia 3: 185
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 21
Gagnep. 1921 – In: M.H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 2: 858
Kurz 1877 – In: J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 70
Hundley & U Chit Ko Ko 1961: List Trees Shrubs Burma, ed. 3: 107
Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 671
Kurz 1875: Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu: App. A, lxvi, App. B, 52
Payens 1967 – In: Blumea: 254
Kurz 1877 – In: J. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 70
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 498
Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 671
C.B.Clarke 1879 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 509
Hundley & U Chit Ko Ko 1961: List Trees Shrubs Burma, ed. 3: 106
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 498
R.Knuth 1939 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 219: 21
Nied. 1892 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam 3: 33