Barringtonia asiatica
Also known as Beach Barringtonia, Fish Poison Tree, Mango Pine
species of flowering plant
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Least Concernbox fruit
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyLecythidaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Native toAndaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is.
Observations recorded5,616
Common Name: bonnet carre
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Small tree on the waterfront in Cairns, Queensland
Barringtonia asiatica, known variously as fish poison tree, putat and beach Barringtonia among other names, is a species of plants in the brazil nut family Lecythidaceae. It is native to coastal habitats from Tanzania and Madagascar in the west to tropical Asia, northern Australia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was described by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz in 1875 and has a conservation status of least concern. It has been used by a number of traditional cultures as a fish poison.
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BarringtoniaBotanical taxa named by Carl LinnaeusEricales of AustraliaFlora of QueenslandFlora of the Northern TerritoryFlora of the PacificFlora of the Western Indian OceanFlora of the Zanzibar ArchipelagoFlora of tropical AsiaIUCN Red List least concern speciesPlants described in 1753Taxa named by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz