Barringtonia lanceolata

{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Barringtonia | species = lanceolata | authority = (Ridl.) Payens<ref name=TPL/> | synonyms = *''Careya lanceolata'' {{Au|Ridl.}} *''Planchonia lanceolata'' {{Au|(Ridl.) R.Knuth}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=TPL/> }}

'''''Barringtonia lanceolata''''' grows as a tree up to {{convert|30|m|-1}} tall, with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|60|cm|0}}. The bark is brown, grey or reddish brown and has been used as fish poison. The fruits are ovoid or fusiform, up to {{convert|10.5|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long. Habitat is forest from sea level to {{convert|1700|m|-2}} altitude. ''B. lanceolata'' is endemic to Borneo.<ref name=TFSS/>

==References== {{Reflist | refs = <ref name=TPL>{{cite web | title = ''Barringtonia lanceolata'' | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-313474 | work = The Plant List | accessdate = 26 August 2013}}</ref> <ref name=TFSS>{{Cite book | last1 = Pinard | first1 = Michelle A. | date = April 2002 | contribution = ''Barringtonia lanceolata'' (Ridl.) Payens | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 4 | pages = 112–114 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-27-5 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 26 August 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref> }}

lanceolata Category:Endemic flora of Borneo Category:Trees of Borneo Category:Plants described in 1938