Herbarium JCB

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Family : LECYTHIDACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lecythidaceae
Species : Barringtonia racemosa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.
Common name : Seaside Indian oak
Vernacular name : Vishaya (San.); Norvisnee (Hin.); Samudra phala, Samudra maapaala (Kan.)
Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1321
Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
Key identification features : A small tree. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, acute at apex, narrowed into a very short periole at base. Flowers pink, racemes. Calyx-tube turbinate, limb splitting into 2-3 unequal lobes. Perals 4, ovate. Berry ovoid; pericarp leathery
Habit : Tree
Comments : Not common; found growing along the banks of streams. Fruits used in medicine
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Paschimavahini (Mysore)
Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi