EXSICCATAE #: 00299779
TROPICOS #: 17900286
TAXON: Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
DET. BY: G.E. Schatz 1990
COUNTRY: Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST: Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL:
LOCALITY: Nosy Mangabe RS
BETWEEN/AND:
VICINITY: Nosy Mangabe, a 520 hectare island 5 km from Maroantsetra
in the Bay of Antongil. With P.P. Lowry II and J. Floret.
ELEV: 0-330 m
COORD: 15.30S 49.46E
COLLECTOR: G.E. Schatz, et al.
NUMBER: 2361
COLL.DATE: 6-8 May 1988
INSTITUTIONS: MO, P, TAN
SPECIMEN INFO: Tree 10 m tall along beach. Leaves medium to dark green
above, lighter below. Inflorescence terminal, the axes
green. Calyx green. Petals white. Filaments white at
base to magenta at apex; anthers yellow. Style white
at base to magenta at apex. Photo.
PHOTO
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Botanical comments: George E. Schatz/schatz@mobot.org
Technical comments: Alan V. Tucker/tucker@mobot.org