Welcome to Mystery Monday! Last week's shrub was the Japanese pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira), and our winner was Jomo. Congratulations!
Your clues for this week:
- This tree is part of the Lecythidaceae family.
- You usually see it in coastal regions around the Indian ocean and it is the only species in the genus native to South Africa.
- Its genus was named in honor of Daines Barrington, a botanist from the 1700s.
Good luck!
Comments
Barringtonia racemosa
It is Barringtonia for sure. The species could be racemosa, likely, or else acutangula.
we have a this fruit in the Philippines, we call it in our dialect Macopa or Bell fruit. The color is dark red.
the scientific of Macopa is Syzygium Samaragenense
Definitely Barrintonia racemosa, which is native to South Africa.