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Scientific name: |
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.
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family :
LECYTHIDACEAE (BARRINGTONIACEAE)
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Small tree, 2-5 m high. Leaves simple, crowded at the end of the twigs; elliptic to obovate, 18-35 by 5-8 cm; apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin slightly undulate. Inflorescence a pendulous raceme, 60-100 cm long, many flowers. Flowers red, 1-1.5 cm, easily fallen off; calyx 4, cup-shaped; petals 4, bend backward; stamens many, fused at base, 2-2.5 cm long. Fruit flesh, longitudinally 4-angled; seed 1, ovoid.
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