Location:

• State: Tamil Nadu
• Locality: Chennai: Behind the scenes at Crocodile Bank

Botany:

• Common name: Fish Poison Tree or Samudraphalla: A poisonous wetland species from the Indian Ocean and Oceania, it is marked by large beautiful flowers and sea-floating fruits
• Botanical species: Barringtonia asiatica
• Botanical family : Lecythidaceae [Barringtonia]

Geography:

• Latitude: 12.743305 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 80.240115 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 7 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Up The East Coast
• Path : From Chennai up along the Andhra Coast, into Gondwana in Chattisgarth, and up the Orissa Coast to Konark
• Date photographed: 30.01.10

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