Beautiful pics. Just wanted to clarify, this now belongs to family, Lecythidaceae. The family contains 3 subfamilies (source: Wikipedia):
Foetidioideae (Foetidiaceae). Madagascar. Includes only Foetidia. Planchonioideae (including Barringtoniaceae). Restricted to the Old World tropics. Lecythidoideae (Lecythidaceae). Restricted to the New World tropics. Regards Pankaj On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Barringtonia acutangula > Family : Barringtoniaceae. > Native to India esp.Konkan > Observed few large trees in Rani Bag Mumbai. 27 Feb 2011. > Dr Phadke > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
