Are Melastoma and Barringtonia both types of flowers?
Barringtonia Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.
Barringtonia sarcostachys Barringtonia sarcostachys grows as a tree up to 40 m tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 cm . The bark is brown, reddish brown, grey, greenish brown or blackish. The fruits are ovoid to roundish, up to 11 cm long. The specific epithet "sarcostachys" is from the Greek meaning "fleshy spike", referring to the inflorescence. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forest from sea-level to 300 m altitude. "B. sarcostachys" is found in Sumatra and Borneo.