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.
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