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Family: Lecythidaceae	Genus: Barringtonia	Species: Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Barringtonia balansae R. Knuth., Barringtonia bicolor Craib., Barringtonia coccinea (Lour.) Kostel	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Freshwater Mangrove, Small Indian oak	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Barringtonia, Freshwater Mangrove, Indian Oak	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Samundarphal, Pichul, Hijjal, Nichul,Abja,Adal	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 1000m and above	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a berry, oblong-ovoid, bluntly quadrangular; seed one, ovoid.
Habitat	Along river banks and water courses. Semi Aquatic, often cultivated	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Indo-Malaysia to Australia Indo-Malaysia to Australia	Bark Details	Bark 10-12 mm thick, surface dark brown, rough, rich in tannin
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 15, Sector 21	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Evergreen trees, to 15 m high, bark 10-12 mm thick, surface dark brown, rough, rich in tannin; blaze yellow. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered towards the tip of branchlets; stipules lateral, oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic-obovate, base cuneate, or attenuate, apex obtuse, round or subacute, margin finely serrate. Flowers bisexual, 6-8 mm across, red, in terminal pendulous racemes; bracts small, deciduous; pink, Fruit a berry, oblong-ovoid, bluntly quadrangular; seed one, ovoid.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, clustered towards the tip of branchlets; stipules lateral, oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic-obovate, base cuneate, or attenuate, apex obtuse, round or subacute, margin finely serrate.

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