Freshwater Mangrove

Barringtonia racemosa

Summary 6

Barringtonia racemosa (powder-puff tree, Afrikaans: pooeierkwasboom, Zulu: Iboqo, is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, coastal Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands.
It grows in fresh water.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) shiau rong, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/greenlost/22605501/
  2. (c) Chris Wahlberg, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Chris Wahlberg
  3. (c) Ricky Taylor, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), enviado por Ricky Taylor
  4. (c) Bart Wursten, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barringtonia_racemosa01.jpg
  5. (c) Bart Wursten, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barringtonia_racemosa03.jpg
  6. Adaptado por Ricky Taylor de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barringtonia_racemosa

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BioDiversity4All Mapa

Degree of waterlogging 1_very_wet_permanent_standing_water, 2_Moderately_wet_forest_some_standing_water, 3_forest_damp_but_without_standing_water