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Barringtonia racemosa
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Family:
LECYTHIDACEAE
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Citation: Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3:127.1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:507.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 487(344). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 183. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 160. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 163. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 193. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 136. 1995; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 291. 2009.
Eugenia racemosa L., Sp. Pl. 471. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Samudrachampa, Samudrakai
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Fish-killer tree, Fish-poison wood, Freshwater mangrove, Putat Kampung
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Description:
Small to medium trees. Leaves alternate, tufted at the ends of stout twigs, 15 x 4 cm, obovate, oval, tapering to base, glabrous and shiny; subsessile. Flowers in long, pendulous, mostly terminal, 25-30 cm racemes; pedicels 10-15 mm; bracts triangular. Calyx with 2-5 unequal lobes. Petals 4, oblong or oblong-oval, spreading, pink to red in colour. Stamens numerous in 5 or 6 whorls of which the innermost one is staminodal. Ovary 2-4-celled; fruit ovoid, 5-8 x 2-4 cm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Polynesia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Manjeswar, Veli, Peradala, Punnamada, Muhamma
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