Boton PRODUCT NAME
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Boton |
| Local Name: | Balubitoon (Guimaras Is.); Bitoon (Surigao); Booton, Botong (Tayabas); Boton (Tayabas, Camarines, Albay, Zamboanga, Palawan); Lugo (Cagayan); Palaupalau (Negros). |
| Family: | Lecythidaceae |
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| Product Description: | A tree 8-15m in height. The leaves are 20-40cm long, without individual stalks, shiny, larger near the apex than near the base, the apex rounded, and the base somewhat pointed. The flowers are very large. The petals are 4 in number, white, oblong, 7-8cm long, and 3-4cm wide. The stamens are very numerous, slender, united at the base, 10-12cm long, white below, and shading to purple above. The fruit is sharply 4 or rarely 5 angled, 8-14cm thick, and contains a single seed |
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| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is distributed along the seashore throughout the Archipelago |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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