Barringtonia asiatica 滨玉蕊 (Sea Poison or Putat laut) (2021 0622)
Family Lecythidaceae
native to mangrove habitats from islands of the Indian Ocean in the west to tropical Asia and islands of the western Pacific Ocean.
Night-blooming flowers very showy with four white petals and lots of fine, pink-tipped stamens forming a pom-pom shape (10-15cm).
Fruit large (8-10cm) squarish, fibrous and contains 1-2 seeds oblong (4-5cm long). The fruit floats and the softer outer layers rot in the water, so the fruit is stranded on a faraway shore as a fibrous basket surrounding the seed.
Locate: Punggol Park Connector (Punggol Waterway toward Sengkang Riverside Park)
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