<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Barringtonia racemosa</italic> is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes. The flowers open during evening-night time during which only hawk moths swiftly visit them for nectar collection effecting both self- and cross-pollination. Fruits are large, single-seeded, indehiscent and buoyant, and disperse in the direction of tidal or ocean currents. Seeds are exposed only when fruits rot; when anchored in the muddy substratum, they germinate within two or three weeks to produce new plants.</p></abstract>

Barringtonia racemosa is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes. The flowers open during evening-night time during which only hawk moths swiftly visit them for nectar collection effecting both self- and cross-pollination. Fruits are large, single-seeded, indehiscent and buoyant, and disperse in the direction of tidal or ocean currents. Seeds are exposed only when fruits rot; when anchored in the muddy substratum, they germinate within two or three weeks to produce new plants.

Pollination Ecology Characteristics of <italic>Barringtonia racemosa</italic> (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)

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Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of  (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)

Barringtonia racemosa is an evergreen mangrove associate. It is an year-round bloomer that produces attractive pinkish-white flowers on long, hanging racemes....

Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 27 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0017

Keywords
hanging racemes, late evening anthesis, hawk moth pollination, indehiscent fruits

© 2019 Jacob Solomon Raju Aluri et al., published by Sciendo

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Pollination Ecology Characteristics of Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (Lecythidaceae)

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 27 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2019-0017

Keywordshanging racemes, late evening anthesis, hawk moth pollination, indehiscent fruits

© 2019 Jacob Solomon Raju Aluri et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
hanging racemes, late evening anthesis, hawk moth pollination, indehiscent fruits