Seaside Indian oak
Barringtonia racemosa
Also known as Fish-killer tree, Freshwater mangrove, Putat Kampung
About Seaside Indian oak
Barringtonia racemosa, commonly known as powder-puff tree, is a species of tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, Maldives, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, coastal Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands. The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia' records that the Indigenous people of the Mitchell River District called this plant "Yakooro" and that "The root of this tree has a bitter taste, and is used by Hindoo [sic.] practitioners on account of its aperient and cooling qualities.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Barringtonia racemosa
- Genus
- Barringtonia
- Family
- LECYTHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Polynesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Ijjul, Norvisnee
- Bengali
- সমুদ্রফল samudraphal, kunda, সমুন্দরফল
- Tamil
- arattam, isudaru, isuvaradaru
- Telugu
- కనప, కనపచెట్టు, సముద్రపండు
- Kannada
- ಗಣಿಗಲತೋರ Ganigalatora, kanaginatora, kempuganigilu
- Malayalam
- katampu, samstaravati, samstravadi
- Marathi
- nivar, sadphali
Lecythidaceae
Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family
Seaside Indian oak belongs to the Lecythidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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