Herbarium JCB

Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.

Family : LECYTHIDACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lecythidaceae
Species : Barringtonia acutangula
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.
Common name : Indian Oak
Vernacular name : Dhatriphal (San.); Hijjal (Hin.); Neeru kanigalu (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 6380, KFP 10979, KFP 1126
Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh & K.R.Keshava Murthy
Key identification features : A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Leaves are crowded at the branch ends and are minutely toothed. Flowers are about 1.5 cm. across, deep scarlet, fragrant and are produced in beautiful, pendulous racemes with four petals and numerous exserted stamens. Fruit is oblong, 3 cm long, angular and smooth. Bark is dark brown, rugged with vertical furrows.
Habit : Tree
Native : Southeast Asia, North Australia
Comments : Flowers are fragrant
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Kumta (Uttara Kannada)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Mysore, Uttara Kannada. Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984;Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara