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Barringtonia sarcostachys
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.
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Barringtonia sarcostachys
- Slug
- barringtonia-sarcostachys
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Barringtonia
- Species
- sarcostachys
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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