Barringtonia asiatica: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Genus: Barringtonia
Species: Barringtonia asiatica
Scientific Name: Barringtonia asiatica

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Barringtonia asiatica

Barringtonia asiatica, known variously as fish poison tree, putat and beach Barrintonia 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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Barringtonia asiatica in languages:

Chinese: 濱玉蕊
Chinese: 棋盤腳樹
Chinese: 墾丁肉粽
Chinese: 魔鬼樹
Czech: baringtonie asijská
English: Fish Poison Tree
English: Box Fruit Tree
English: Boxfruit Tree
English: sea poison tree
French: Bonnet de prêtre
French: chapeau l'eveque
Indonesian: Keben
Indonesian: Butun
Italian: Albero del veleno asiatico
Japanese: ゴバンノアシ
Russian: Баррингтония азиатская
Thai: จิกทะเล

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Barringtonia asiatica: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Barringtonia asiatica

Barringtonia asiatica in languages:

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Barringtonia asiatica: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Barringtonia asiatica

Barringtonia asiatica in languages:

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Parent Taxon

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