Author: |
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz 1876 |
Family: |
Barringtoniaceae |
Habitat: |
Andaman
Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline
Islands, Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Island,
Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, India, Java,
Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaya,
Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands,
Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea,
Nicobar Islands, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines,
Queensland; Australia, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is.,
Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China
Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi + Sumatera, Indonesia, Taiwan,
Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands |
Soil: |
Sand - Mix |
Water:
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Maximum |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Height: |
20
meters |
Flower:
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White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Langasat, Sea Poison Tree, Fish
Poison Tree, Putat Laut, Butun, Butong, Pertun, Balubiton, Lugo,
Motong-botong, Vuton.
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Synonyms: |
Mammea asiatica Linne 1753.
Agasta asiatica, Miers.
Agasta indica, Miers.
Agasta splendida, Miers.
Barringtonia butonica, Rumph. ex J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Barringtonia levequii, Jard.
Barringtonia littorea, Oken.
Barringtonia senequei, Jard.
Barringtonia speciosa, J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Butonica
rumphina, Miers.
Butonica speciosa, Lam.
Huttum speciosum, Britten.
Michelia asiatica, Kuntze.
Mitraria commersonia, J.F.Gmel. |
This member of the
Barringtoniaceae family was first described under this name by Wilhelm
Sulpiz Kurz in
1876. It is found on the costal areas from
Tanzania over Madagascar,
India, The Philippines, Polynesia to
Northern Australia. It grows in sand or
sand-mix with lots of water and sun. The stem will reach for up to 20
meters, and the flowers are white. It can be reproduced by seeds, and I really
think cuttings are a possibility, just haven't seen it.
What seems to be a caudex on
these two photos is just the large nut.
Former member of the Lecythidaceae family.
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