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Barringtonia asiatica
Sign in to saveAlso known as Beach Barringtonia, Fish Poison Tree, Mango Pine
species of flowering plant
Species
Least Concernbox fruit
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderEricales
- FamilyLecythidaceae
Common Name: bonnet carre
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,057
- With media
- 744
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Collections
- UTEP, RSA, MICH, NY, US, CSUSB
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Micronesia, Philippines, Indonesia, Federated States Of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States Of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Barringtonia
- Image
- Barringtonia-asiatica-SF24176-01.jpg
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- Barringtonia asiatica
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Barringtonia asiatica
- Commons category
- Barringtonia asiatica
- taxon common name
- Mango Pine
- short name
- B. asiatica
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Encyclopedic overview
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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