Taxon:  Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Barringtonia
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Subfamily:
Planchonioideae
Nomen number:
6514
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 3:127.  1826
Verified:
11/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Eugenia racemosa L.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Coode, M. J. E. et al., eds. 1996. A checklist of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Brunei Darussalam
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Friday, J. B. et al. 2021. Reforestation of degraded landscapes in Micronesia. Land 10:926. DOI: 103390/land10090926.
  9. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
  10. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: mentions
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  12. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  13. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  14. Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
  15. Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  17. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbrackwater mangrove  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishcassowary-pine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishChina-pine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishcornbeefwood  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishDerbyshire-pine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishfish-poison-tree  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishfreshwater mangrove  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishmangobark  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishmango-pine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishpowderpuff-tree  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Chineseyu rui玉蕊 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchbonnet d'évêque  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchmanondro  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Portuguesemassinhana  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Swahilimtomondo  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia s.Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.e.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesiaYap Friday, J. B. et al. 2021. Reforestation of degraded landscapes in Micronesia. Land 10:926. DOI: 103390/land10090926.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
2CultivatedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesiaYap Friday, J. B. et al. 2021. Reforestation of degraded landscapes in Micronesia. Land 10:926. DOI: 103390/land10090926.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.), Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.e.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia [Yap], United States [Guam]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Samoa
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia [Yap]

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
  4. Friday, J. B. et al. 2021. Reforestation of degraded landscapes in Micronesia. Land 10:926. DOI: 103390/land10090926.
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: lists as Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
  6. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  7. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  8. Payens, J. P. D. W. 1967. A monograph of the genus Barringtonia (Lecythidaceae). Blumea 15:192-198.
  9. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalfirebreak Friday, J. B. et al. 2021. Reforestation of degraded landscapes in Micronesia. Land 10:926. DOI: 103390/land10090926.
Environmentalornamental Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
Vertebrate poisonsfish PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=6514. Accessed 17 April 2026.