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Powder-puff tree
Barringtonia racemosa
About
Barringtonia racemosa, commonly known as powder-puff tree, is a species of tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, Maldives, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, coastal Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands.
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Barringtonia racemosa
- Slug
- barringtonia-racemosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Barringtonia
- Species
- racemosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q2718437
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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