{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Use dmy dates |date=April 2022}} {{Speciesbox |name = |image = Barringtonia-neocaledonica-SF23321-06.jpg |image_caption = Cultivated tree in Cairns Botanic Gardens |taxon = Barringtonia neocaledonica |authority = Vieill.{{R|POWO}} |range_map = |synonyms = {{Specieslist |Doxomma neocaledonicum| (Vieill.) Miers |Michelia neocaledonica| (Vieill.) Kuntze |Stravadium neocaledonicum| (Vieill.) Baum.-Bod. }} |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} }}
'''''Barringtonia neocaledonica''''' is a tree in the Brazil nut family Lecythidaceae which is endemic to New Caledonia.{{R|POWO|ENC|PRANCE}}
==Description== ''Barringtonia neocaledonica'' is a small tree growing up to {{cvt|15|m}} tall. The leaves are arranged in whorls and clustered towards the end of the branches.{{R|PRANCE}} They are glossy dark green, glabrous (i.e. without hairs), wider at the distal end (obovate) and gradually tapering at the base.{{R|ENC|PRANCE}} The leaf blade extends all the way down to the end of the petiole (leaf stalk), so that the petiole is "winged" (attenuate).{{R|ENC|PRANCE}} The leaves measure up to {{cvt|30|cm}} long by {{cvt|12|cm}} wide.{{R|ENC|PRANCE}}
The inflorescences are terminal or ramiflorous, pendulous spikes, reaching {{cvt|50|cm}} or more in length.{{R|ENC|PRANCE}} They carry about 50 white or pale pink sessile flowers.{{R|ENC|PRANCE}}
The fleshy fruit contains a single seed and measures about {{cvt|6|cm}} long and {{cvt|2|cm}} wide.{{R|PRANCE}}
==Distribution and habitat== This species is endemic to New Caledonia, and is only found on the main island of New Caledonia, Grande Terre.{{R|ENC|GBIF}}
==Conservation== {{As of|2023|November}} its conservation status has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=100px> File:Barringtonia-neocaledonica-SF23321-03.jpg|Foliage File:Barringtonia-neocaledonica-SF23321-12.jpg|Developing fruit File:Barringtonia-neocaledonica-SF23321-15.jpg|Close up of showing leaves in whorls File:Barringtonia-neocaledonica-SF23321-07.jpg|Immature, aborted fruit </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591215-1 |title=''Barringtonia neocaledonica'' |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="ENC">{{cite web |title=''Barringtonia neocaledonia'' |url=https://endemia.nc/flore/fiche393 |website=Endemia.nc |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="PRANCE">{{cite journal |last1=Prance |first1=G.T. |title=A revision of ''Barringtonia'' (Lecythidaceae) |journal=Allertonia |date=2013 |volume=12 |pages=1–161 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gt-Prance/publication/236626368_A_revision_of_Barringtonia_LecythidaceaeAllertonia_12_1-1642013/links/554873b20cf26a7bf4dac27c/A-revision-of-Barringtonia-LecythidaceaeAllertonia-12-1-1642013.pdf |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=''Barringtonia neocaledonica'' Vieill. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/3082869 |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref> }}
==External links==
{{Commonscat}} * [https://flickriver.com/search/Barringtonia+neocaledonica See images] of ''Barringtonia neocaledonica'' on Flickriver * [https://inaturalist.org/taxa/912629 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist
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Category:Endemic flora of New Caledonia neocaledonica Category:Taxa named by Eugène Vieillard Category:Plants described in 1866