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Barringtonia sarcostachys

Family
Lecythidaceae (Brazil-nut family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Sumatera, W. & N. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Barringtonia sarcostachys grows as a tree up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 centimetres (20 in). The bark is brown, reddish brown, grey, greenish brown or blackish. The fruits are ovoid to roundish, up to 11 cm (4 in) long. The specific epithet sarcostachys is from the Greek meaning 'fleshy spike', referring to the inflorescence. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forest from sea level to 300 metres (1,000 ft) altitude. B. sarcostachys is found in Sumatra and Borneo.

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Freshwater mangrove · Barringtonia ashtonii · Sea putat · Corned Beef Wood · Barringtonia chaniana · Barringtonia conoidea · Barringtonia curranii · Cutnut · Barringtonia fusicarpa · Barringtonia hallieri · Barringtonia havilandii · Barringtonia lanceolata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barringtonia sarcostachys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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