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| September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
| Family | Lecythidaceae |
| Subfamily | Planchonioideae |
| Scientific name | Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Sprengel |
| Synonyms | Barringtonia ceylanica (Miers) Gardner ex C. B. Clarke; Barringtonia elongata Korthals; Barringtonia timorensis Blume; Butonica apiculata Miers; Butonica ceylanica Miers; Butonica inclyta Miers; Butonica terrestris Miers; Eugenia racemosa L. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) sagari-bana (サガリバナ, 下がり花 [meaning: dangling flower]), sawa-fuji (サワフジ, 沢藤 [meaning: swamp fuji (fuji = Wisteria froribunda)]) |
| (English common name) powderpuff tree | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (south of Amami Islands), Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Micronesia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Australia, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mozambique, South Africa | |
| Habitat | Seaside, riverside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=52 |
| Description | Plants 10-20m tall. Leaves 20-40cm long. Flowers pink or white, inflorescences ca. 50cm long, flowering in June to October. Fruits 4-7cm long. Evergreen. Arbor trees. |
| Reference | Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. |
| Barringtonia racemosa (Linnaeus) Sprengel | |
| Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb. | |
| Pollination of Barringtonia racemosa (Lecythidaceae) by Moths on Iriomote Island, Japan | |
| Novel Analgesic Compounds, Extracts Containing Same and Methods of Preparation (US Patent 20070270375) |
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| September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kyoto Botanical Garden |
