Barringtonia clemensii

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Barringtonia clemensii

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Description

Monopodial treelets, 3-10 m tall; Leaves in a terminal whorl; Inflorescences cauliflorous, solitary to clustered, pendulous racemes, to 45 by 0.3 cm, densely flowered, 16-24 flowers per 10 cm; Flowers 20-80, borne on 1 mm long boss- es; Fruits ovoid to lanceolate, c. 5 by 2.5 cm, apex and base acutely tapering, strongly tetragonous, square in cross section, becoming sunken when dry;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Milne Bay Province present, Morobe present, Northern present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Morobe, Northern, Milne Bay Provinces).

Notes

Payens () reduced this species to the synonymy of B. samoensis. The two species have the typical Section Stravadium flowers, with a tetragonal hypanthium and 4 triangular calyx lobes. This species has far larger leaves however, and exhibits a different architecture.

Citation

Prance 2013: p. 43. – In: Allertonia: f. 8, 25