Occasional along the sides of marshy areas The leaves and bark are used to treat rat and snake bites. Fruits are used as a remedy for cough, asthma and diarrhea. Its roots act as a coolant and deobstruent. in
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The leaves and bark are used to treat rat and snake bites. Fruits are used as a remedy for cough, asthma and diarrhea. Its roots act as a coolant and deobstruent. in
family
Lecythidaceae
synonym
Barringtonia apiculata (Miers) R.Knuth, Eugenia racemosa L.
description
Small trees. Leaves alternate, × crowded at apex, 15 4 cm, obovate, oval, tapering to base, glabrous and shiny; subsessile. Flowers in pendulous, mostly terminal, 25-30 cm long racemes; pedicels 10-15 mm; bracts triangular. Calyx with 2-5 unequal lobes. Petals 4, oblong or oblong- × oval, to 3 2 cm, spreading, pink to red in colour. Stamens numerous in 5 or 6 whorls of which the innermost one is staminodal. × Ovary 2-4 celled. Fruit ovoid, 5-8 2-4 cm.
native range
Africa, temperate and tropical Asia, Australasia and the Pacific
distribution
The tropics and subtropics Spreng.
english names
Fish-killer tree · Freshwater mangrove · Putat kampung