Summary ⁴

Barringtonia racemosa (powder-puff tree, Afrikaans: pooeierkwasboom, Zulu: Iboqo, Malay: Putat) is a 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 (South Africa) to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, coastal Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands.

Brief ⁵

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub to Small Tree

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Cheongweei Gan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cheongweei Gan
2. (c) shiau rong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenlost/22605501/
3. (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barringtonia_racemosa
5. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26041849

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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