mangrove-myrtle

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


name applied by Leichhardtto the Indian tree Barringtonia acutangula, Gaertn.( Stravadium rubrum De C.), N.O. Myrtaceae.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 289:

«As its foliage and the manner of the growth resemblethe mangrove, we called it the mangrove-myrtle.»

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