Botanical Family · Ericales

Lecythidaceae

Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family

6 speciesOrder Ericales6+ well-known plants

The Lecythidaceae family (Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ericales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 6 species across 4 genera. Its members are predominantly trees. Well-represented genera include Barringtonia, Careya and Couroupita. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Indian Oak Tree, Fish Poison Tree and Seaside Indian oak.

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Representative specimen · Lecythidaceae

Key pattern

Large, often leathery alternate leaves on trees with a showy ring or hood of stamens curving over the flower's centre like a hinged lid; the woody fruit, as in the true Brazil nut, opens through a cap-like lid (operculum) to release its seeds.

The stamens fuse at their base into a hood that arches over the flower — a structure so distinctive it alone can place a tree in this family from a single fallen flower.

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Notable members

Indian Oak Tree, Small Indain OakBarringtonia acutangulaFish Poison TreeBarringtonia asiaticaSeaside Indian Oak, Fish-Killer Tree, Freshwater Mangrove, Putat KampungBarringtonia racemosaCeylon Oak Tree, Wild Guava, Kumbi Tree, Patana Oak, Slow Match Tree, Wild GuavaCareya arboreaCannon-Ball TreeCouroupita guianensisStink WoodGustavia augusta

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