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Putat - Barringtonia pendula (Griff.) Kurz - Lecythiadaceae [1]
Other names:
Putat bukit, Putat gajah (Malay), Banana putat (English)[1]
General information:
A tree, rarely exceeding 33 m tall, flowering at night to attract bats and moths[2]
Distinguish botanical characteristics:
Leaf – crowded at twig tips, simple, obovate-lanceolate[2]
Bark – reddish brown, mottled with vertical cracks and thin flakes[2]
Inflorescences – pendulous, flowers – pink-reddish, stamens in 4(-6) whorls[2]
Fruit – ovoid/musiform, drupe, green-pinkish, pulverulent, truncate at both ends[2]
Uses:
Medicinal uses – none known
Bark and fruits of many Barringtonia species – fish poison[2]
Wood – timber[2]
Wood – timber[2]
Major/bioactive phytochemicals:
Barringtonia species – polyphenols and triterpenoids[3]
