# Barringtonia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image              = Barringtonia-acutangula-SF23323-08.jpg
|image_caption      = ''B.&nbsp;acutangula'' in flower
|taxon              = Barringtonia
|authority          = [J.R.Forst.](/source/J.R.Forst.) & [G.Forst.](/source/G.Forst.), conserved name
|synonyms_ref       = {{R|POWO}}
|synonyms           =
{{species list|hidden=yes|header=16 synonyms
|Abdulmajidia|Whitmore
|Agasta|Miers
|Baranda|Llanos
|Botryoropis|C.Presl
|Butonica|Lam.
|Commercona|Sonn.
|Doxomma|Miers
|Huttum|Adans. ''[nom. rej.](/source/nom._rej.)''
|Megadendron|Miers
|Menichea|Sonn. ex J.F.Gmel.
|Menichea|Sonn. [not validly publ.](/source/not_validly_publ.)
|Meteorus|Lour.
|Michelia|Kuntze ''[nom. illeg.](/source/nom._illeg.)''
|Mitraria|J.F.Gmel.
|Stravadia|Pers.
|Stravadium|Juss.
}}
}}

'''''Barringtonia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Lecythidaceae](/source/Lecythidaceae) first described as a genus with this name in 1775.<ref name="FORSTER"/><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025054 Tropicos, ''Barringtonia'' J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.]</ref> It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.<ref name="POWO"/><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 293 <big>玉蕊属</big> yu rui shu ''Barringtonia'' J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 38. 1775. ]</ref> The genus name commemorates [Daines Barrington](/source/Daines_Barrington).<ref name="FORSTER"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Verba nominalia; or, Words derived from proper names|author= Charnock, Richard Stephen|authorlink=Richard Stephen Charnock| year=1866| publisher=Trübner & co.|place=London|url=https://archive.org/stream/verbanominaliaor00charrich#page/16/mode/2up/| page=16}}</ref>

==Description==
Plants in this genus are evergreen trees or shrubs, which may be [deciduous](/source/deciduous) or semi-deciduous. Leaves are [entire](/source/Glossary_of_leaf_morphology) or toothed. [Inflorescence](/source/Inflorescence)s are pendulous or (rarely) erect [raceme](/source/raceme)s, either {{botanygloss|terminal}}, {{botanygloss|axil|axillary}}, or [cauliflorus](/source/Cauliflory). The {{botanygloss|calyx}} has four or five lobes (with the exception of ''B.&nbsp;asiatica'', two or three), petals number between three and six. Stamens are numerous, arranged in three to eight whorls. Ovaries are two to four [locular](/source/Locule), with two to eight ovules per locule. The fruit may be {{botanygloss|obovate}}, {{botanygloss|ellipsoidal|ellipsoid}} or {{botanygloss|fusiform}}, and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.{{R|FOA|FOC}}

==Species list==
The following is a list of all 73 species of ''Barringtonia'' accepted by [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) {{As of|2025|6|lc=y}}:<ref name="POWO"/>
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* ''[Barringtonia acutangula](/source/Barringtonia_acutangula)'' <small>(L.) Gaertn.</small> − India, SE Asia, Afghanistan, [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [Queensland](/source/Queensland)
* ''[Barringtonia apiculata](/source/Barringtonia_apiculata)'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi), New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia ashtonii](/source/Barringtonia_ashtonii)'' <small>Payens</small> − [Borneo](/source/Borneo)
* ''[Barringtonia asiatica](/source/Barringtonia_asiatica)'' <small>(L.) Kurz</small> − India, [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), SE Asia, the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory), Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans
* ''[Barringtonia augusta](/source/Barringtonia_augusta)'' <small>Kurz</small> − [Indochina](/source/Indochina)
* ''[Barringtonia belagaensis](/source/Barringtonia_belagaensis)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − [Sarawak](/source/Sarawak)
* ''[Barringtonia calyptrata](/source/Barringtonia_calyptrata)'' <small>(Miers) R.Br. ex Benth.</small> − New Guinea, Queensland 
* ''[Barringtonia calyptrocalyx](/source/Barringtonia_calyptrocalyx)'' <small>K.Schum.</small> − New Guinea, [New Britain](/source/New_Britain)
* ''[Barringtonia chaniana](/source/Barringtonia_chaniana)'' <small>(Whitmore) Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia chantaranoi](/source/Barringtonia_chantaranoi)'' {{small|Prance}} − Borneo
* ''[Barringtonia conoidea](/source/Barringtonia_conoidea)'' <small>Griff.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia corneri](/source/Barringtonia_corneri)'' <small>Kiew & K.M.Wong</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia curranii](/source/Barringtonia_curranii)'' <small>Merr.</small> − Sarawak, [Sabah](/source/Sabah), [Palawan](/source/Palawan)
* ''[Barringtonia edulis](/source/Barringtonia_edulis)'' <small>Seem.</small> − [Fiji](/source/Fiji), [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu)
* ''[Barringtonia filirachis](/source/Barringtonia_filirachis)'' <small>Payens</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra)
* ''[Barringtonia fitriana](/source/Barringtonia_fitriana)'' {{small|Latiff}} – Peninsula Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia fusicarpa](/source/Barringtonia_fusicarpa)'' <small>Hu</small> − China
* ''[Barringtonia fusiformis](/source/Barringtonia_fusiformis)'' <small>King</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia gigantostachya](/source/Barringtonia_gigantostachya)'' <small>Koord. & Valeton</small> − [Java](/source/Java)
* ''[Barringtonia glomerata](/source/Barringtonia_glomerata)'' <small>Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia hallieri](/source/Barringtonia_hallieri)'' <small>R.Knuth</small> − Borneo
* ''[Barringtonia havilandii](/source/Barringtonia_havilandii)'' <small>Ridl.</small> − Borneo
* ''[Barringtonia integrifolia](/source/Barringtonia_integrifolia)'' <small>(Montrouz.) Schltr.</small> − [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia), [Loyalty Islands](/source/Loyalty_Islands)
* ''[Barringtonia jebbiana](/source/Barringtonia_jebbiana)'' <small>Takeuchi</small> - New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia josephstaalensis](/source/Barringtonia_josephstaalensis)'' <small>W.N.Takeuchi</small> − New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia khaoluangensis](/source/Barringtonia_khaoluangensis)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Thailand
* ''[Barringtonia lanceolata](/source/Barringtonia_lanceolata)'' <small>(Ridl.) Payens</small> − Borneo
* ''[Barringtonia latiffiana](/source/Barringtonia_latiffiana)'' <small>(El-Sherif) Prance</small> − [Pulau Langkawi](/source/Pulau_Langkawi)
* ''[Barringtonia lauterbachii](/source/Barringtonia_lauterbachii)'' <small>R.Knuth</small> − New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia laxiflora](/source/Barringtonia_laxiflora)'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − Vietnam
* ''[Barringtonia longifolia](/source/Barringtonia_longifolia)'' <small>Schltr.</small> − New Caledonia
* ''[Barringtonia longipes](/source/Barringtonia_longipes)'' <small>Gagnep.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia longisepala](/source/Barringtonia_longisepala)'' <small>Payens</small> − [Brunei](/source/Brunei), Sabah
* ''[Barringtonia lumina](/source/Barringtonia_lumina)'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − New Guinea, [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands)
* ''[Barringtonia macrocarpa](/source/Barringtonia_macrocarpa)'' <small>Hassk.</small> − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
* ''[Barringtonia macrostachya](/source/Barringtonia_macrostachya)'' <small>(Jack) Kurz</small> − SE Asia, Southern China, New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia magnifolia](/source/Barringtonia_magnifolia)'' <small>Prance</small> − Maluku
* ''[Barringtonia maxwelliana](/source/Barringtonia_maxwelliana)'' <small>(Whitmore) Prance</small> − [Bukit Larut](/source/Bukit_Larut)
* ''[Barringtonia monticola](/source/Barringtonia_monticola)'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia neocaledonica](/source/Barringtonia_neocaledonica)'' <small>Vieill.</small> − New Caledonia
* ''[Barringtonia niedenzuana](/source/Barringtonia_niedenzuana)'' <small>(K.Schum.) R.Knuth</small> − Sulawesi, [Maluku Islands](/source/Maluku_Islands), [Papuasia](/source/Papuasia)
* ''[Barringtonia norshamiae](/source/Barringtonia_norshamiae)'' <small>Prance</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia novae-hiberniae](/source/Barringtonia_novae-hiberniae)'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − [Huon Peninsula](/source/Huon_Peninsula), Papuasia
* ''[Barringtonia palawanensis](/source/Barringtonia_palawanensis)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Palawan
* ''[Barringtonia papeh](/source/Barringtonia_papeh)'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − Papuasia
* ''[Barringtonia papuana](/source/Barringtonia_papuana)'' <small>Lauterb.</small> − New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia parkinsonii](/source/Barringtonia_parkinsonii)'' <small>Thammar.</small> − Myanmar
* ''[Barringtonia pauciflora](/source/Barringtonia_pauciflora)'' <small>King</small> − [Perak](/source/Perak)
* ''[Barringtonia payensiana](/source/Barringtonia_payensiana)'' <small>Whitmore</small> − Perak, [Selangor](/source/Selangor)
* ''[Barringtonia pendula](/source/Barringtonia_pendula)'' <small>(Griff.) Kurz</small> − [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan), Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
* ''[Barringtonia pinnifolia](/source/Barringtonia_pinnifolia)'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia procera](/source/Barringtonia_procera)'' <small>(Miers) R.Knuth</small> − Papuasia, Vanuatu
* ''[Barringtonia pseudoglomerata](/source/Barringtonia_pseudoglomerata)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sarawak, Sabah
* ''[Barringtonia pterita](/source/Barringtonia_pterita)'' <small>Merr.</small> − Philippines
* ''[Barringtonia racemosa](/source/Barringtonia_racemosa)'' <small>(L.) Spreng.</small> − E & SE Africa, S & SE Asia, S China, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans
* ''[Barringtonia reticulata](/source/Barringtonia_reticulata)'' <small>(Blume) Miq.</small> − [Andaman & Nicobar](/source/Andaman_%26_Nicobar), W Indonesia, Philippines
* ''[Barringtonia revoluta](/source/Barringtonia_revoluta)'' <small>Merr.</small>  − Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
* ''[Barringtonia ridsdalei](/source/Barringtonia_ridsdalei)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Palawan
* ''[Barringtonia rimata](/source/Barringtonia_rimata)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand
* ''[Barringtonia samoensis](/source/Barringtonia_samoensis)'' <small>A.Gray</small> − [Samoa](/source/Samoa), [Micronesia](/source/Micronesia), New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi
* ''[Barringtonia sanimiranii](/source/Barringtonia_sanimiranii)'' <small>Rohana & Latiff.</small> − Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia sarawakensis](/source/Barringtonia_sarawakensis)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sarawak
* ''[Barringtonia sarcostachys](/source/Barringtonia_sarcostachys)'' <small>(Blume) Miq.</small> − Sumatra, Borneo
* ''[Barringtonia schmidtii](/source/Barringtonia_schmidtii)'' <small>Warb. ex Craib.</small> − Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
* ''[Barringtonia scortechinii](/source/Barringtonia_scortechinii)'' <small>King</small> − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra
* ''[Barringtonia seaturae](/source/Barringtonia_seaturae)'' <small>H.B.Guppy</small> − Fiji
* ''[Barringtonia serenae](/source/Barringtonia_serenae)'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia tagala](/source/Barringtonia_tagala)'' <small>Jebb & Prance</small> − Papua New Guinea
* ''[Barringtonia terengganuensis](/source/Barringtonia_terengganuensis)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − [Terengganu](/source/Terengganu)
* ''[Barringtonia thailandica](/source/Barringtonia_thailandica)'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − eastern Thailand
* ''[Barringtonia tomentosa](/source/Barringtonia_tomentosa)'' <small>Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar.</small> − Vietnam
* ''[Barringtonia waasii](/source/Barringtonia_waasii)'' <small>Chantar.</small> − Sri Lanka
* ''[Barringtonia zainudiniana](/source/Barringtonia_zainudiniana)'' <small>(El-Sherif & Latiff) Prance</small> − Kedah
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Barringtonia asiatica - twin flower.JPG|Flowers of ''B.&nbsp;asiatica''
File:玉蕊 Barringtonia racemosa 20210125093732 07.jpg|Flowers of ''B.&nbsp;racemosa''
File:Barringtonia neocaledonica kz04.jpg|Fruit of ''B.&nbsp;neocaledonica''
File:Fruits of Putat (Barringtonia racemosa).JPG|Fruit of ''B.&nbsp;racemosa''
File:Barringtonia asiatica unripe fruit Beqa FIji.jpg|Fruit of ''B.&nbsp;asiatica''
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|28em|refs=
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329914-2 |title=''Barringtonia'' J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |year=2025 |access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref>

<ref name="FORSTER">{{cite book |last1=Forster |first1=Johann Reinhold |last2=Forster |first2=Georg |title=Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis |date=1776 |location=London |page=76 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3590578 |lang=la |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="FOA">{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Barringtonia |title=''Barringtonia'' |last1=Henderson |first1=R.J.F. |last2=Kodela |first2=P.G. |year=2022 |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=P.G. |website=[Flora of Australia](/source/Flora_of_Australia) |publisher=[Australian Biological Resources Study](/source/Australian_Biological_Resources_Study), Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="FOC">{{cite web |title=''Barringtonia'' |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103540 |website=Flora of China (eFloras) |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.gbif.org/species/3082715 View a map] of recorded sightings of ''Barringtonia'' at the [GBIF](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility) website
* [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=true&taxon_id=184663 View observations] of ''Barringtonia'' on iNaturalist

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