Lecythidaceae Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Midrib
• Fruit
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts
• Midrib upper surface

Places where this species can be found :

• St. Georges - GRENADA
• Grenada - GRENADA

Species information

Interest
Barringtonia, after Hon. Daines Barrington (1727-1800), a correspondent of Gilbert White and a close friend of Joseph Banks. Barrington was an English naturalist . This is a large sea-shore tree common arounf thre Pacific and Indian Oceans, and sometimes seen planted by the sea in the Caribbean. Used for fish poison, due to saponins in the seeds and bark..

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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