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Barringtonia speciosa, Forst (Figs. 473, 474), is apparently most planted in parts of the American tropics: tree wide-spreading, large-boled, to 50 ft. in height: Lvs. entire, obovate, sessile, shining, 12-15 in. long: fls. few in the raceme, large and showy, petals white and stamens tinted purple, the style long and prominent: fr. 4-sided (almost square in cross-section at the middle or below), 3 in. diam. at base, box-like in looks, with a single large seed and crowned by calyx- lobes and style. India, near the sea.
Barringtonia speciosa, Forst (Figs. 473, 474), is apparently most planted in parts of the American tropics: tree wide-spreading, large-boled, to 50 ft. in height: Lvs. entire, obovate, sessile, shining, 12-15 in. long: fls. few in the raceme, large and showy, petals white and stamens tinted purple, the style long and prominent: fr. 4-sided (almost square in cross-section at the middle or below), 3 in. diam. at base, box-like in looks, with a single large seed and crowned by calyx- lobes and style. India, near the sea.
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