Family: Lecythidaceae

Genus: Barringtonia

Species: racemosa

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000919

Common name: (hippo apple,barringtonia,brack-water mangrove,

English name: Powder puff tree

Native: South Africa, Australia, Maldives, Thailand, Southern China

Country: Australia China India New Zealand South Africa Thailand

(PGR): Very rare

Small tree, 4-8 m tall, bark grey, yellow or brown, mottled, rather smooth to fissured leaves simple crowded at the ends of the branches, large, oblong to oblanceolate, 8-35 x 4-13 cm apex deep green, broadly tapering base narrowly tapering Flowers attractive, white to pale pink, in many-flowered pendulous sprays up to 60 cm in length or even more bisexual Fruit conical to ovate, about 3 x 2 cm, crowned by the remains of the persistent calyx style fleshy at first, later becoming hard, fibrous and yellowish-brown when mature Seeds aromatic

The wood is light and soft and is used for light work that does not require great strength The bark, which also has a high tannin content, is frequently used in powdered form for this purpose. The young leaves are edible and the bark is often used for cordage.

Barringtonia caffra (Miers) Rkunth

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Texture: Heavy clay Sandy

Fertility: High

Drainage: Moderately well drained

Topography: Mangrove swamp forest

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Climates: Subtropics Tropical

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Spring and autumn

Zone: 9 : 11

pH range: 5.5-7.5

Status: Very rare

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Small tree

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Firewood Ornamental Traditional medicine Wood

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Evergreen tree

pH: Mild acid Neutral