Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

 
  • Family : LECYTHIDACEAE
    (Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KUMBHI FAMILY (कुंभी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lecythidaceae
  • Basionym : Eugenia racemosa L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.
  • Common name : Seaside Indian oak, Fish-killer tree, Freshwater mangrove, Putat Kampung
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vishaya (Sanskrit)
    • Norvisnee (Hindi)
    • Samudra phala, Samudra maapaala (Kannada)
    • Samudrachampa, Samudrakai (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Along banks of backwaters and mangrove forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare. Found growing along the banks of streams
  • Key identification features : A small tree. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, acute at apex, narrowed into a very short periole at base. Flowers pink, racemes. Calyx-tube turbinate, limb splitting into 2-3 unequal lobes. Petals 4, ovate. Berry ovoid; pericarp leathery
  • Flower, Fruit : April-October
  • Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1321
  • Collection Locality : Paschimavahini (Mysore)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanyakumari district
    • West Bengal : South 24-Parganas (Sundarbans)
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Christmas Island, Comoros, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Island, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Santa Cruz Islands, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Polynesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
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  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Barringtonia racemosa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Barringtonia racemosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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