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- Barringtonia_asiatica abstract "Barringtonia asiatica (Fish Poison Tree, Putat or Sea Poison Tree) is a species of Barringtonia native to mangrove habitats on the tropical coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean from Zanzibar east to Taiwan, the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia. It is grown along streets for decorative and shade purposes in some parts of India, for instance in some towns on southeastern shore. It is also known as Box Fruit due the distinct box-shaped fruit it produces. The local name futu is the source of the name for the Polynesian island Futuna. The type specimen was collected by botanist Pehr Osbeck on a sandy beach area on the island of Java, later to be described (and given the original name of Mammea asiatica) by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753.It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 7–25 m tall. The leaves are narrow obovate, 20–40 cm in length and 10–20 cm in width. Fruit produced as mentioned earlier, is otherwise aptly known as the Box Fruit, due to distinct square like diagonals jutting out from the cross section of the fruit, given its semi spherical shape form from stem altering to a subpyramidal shape at its base. The fruit measures 9–11 cm in diameter, where a thick spongy fibrous layer covers the 4–5 cm diameter seed.The fruit is dispersed in the same way as a coconut – by ocean current – and is extremely water-resistant and buoyant. It can survive afloat for up to fifteen years; it was one of the first plants to colonise Anak Krakatau when this island first appeared after the Krakatau eruption. When washed ashore, and soaked by rainwater, the seeds germinate.All parts of the tree are poisonous, the active poisons including saponins. Box fruits are potent enough to be used as a fish poison. The seeds have been used ground to a powder to stun or kill fish for easy capture, suffocating the fish where the flesh is unaffected.Barringtonia asiatica is a common plant in the Malaysian Mangroves and wetlands such as the Kuching wetlands and Bako National Park. Barringtonia asiatica is known locally as Putat laut or Butun.Its large pinkish-white, pom pom flowers give off a sickly sweet smell to attract bats and moths which pollinate the flowers at night.".
- Barringtonia_asiatica binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Barringtonia_asiatica class Eudicots.
- Barringtonia_asiatica conservationStatus "LR/lc".
- Barringtonia_asiatica conservationStatusSystem "IUCN2.3".
- Barringtonia_asiatica division Flowering_plant.
- Barringtonia_asiatica family Lecythidaceae.
- Barringtonia_asiatica genus Barringtonia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica kingdom Plant.
- Barringtonia_asiatica order Asterids.
- Barringtonia_asiatica order Ericales.
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Agasta asiatica (L.) Miers )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Agasta indica ( Miers )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Agasta splendida ( Miers )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia butonica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia levequii ( Jard.[Invalid])".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia littorea (Oken[Illegitimate])".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia senequei ( Jard. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia speciosa ( J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Barringtonia speciosa ( L. f. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Butonica speciosa ( (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Lam. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Huttum speciosum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Britten )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Mammea asiatica (L. Sy)".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Michelia asiatica (L.) Kuntze )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica synonym "*Mitraria commersonia ( J.F.Gmel. )".
- Barringtonia_asiatica thumbnail Barringtonia_asiatica_(flower).jpg?width=300.
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- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageLength "8134".
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageOutDegree "63".
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageRevisionID "681190059".
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Angiosperms.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Asterids.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Bako_National_Park.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Barringtonia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Carolus_Linnaeus.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Afrotropic_ecozone_flora.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Barringtonia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ericales_of_Australia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Australia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Indomalesia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Queensland.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Southeast_Asia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Tanzania.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_the_Comoros.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_the_Tubuai_Islands.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_the_Zanzibar_Archipelago.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Indomalaya_ecozone_flora.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Least_concern_biota_of_Queensland.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Least_concern_flora_of_Australia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Least_concern_plants.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Plants_described_in_1753.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_India.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Indo-China.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Madagascar.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Malesia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Seychelles.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Sri_Lanka.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_Taiwan.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_the_Indian_Subcontinent.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Trees_of_the_Pacific.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Coconut.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Cook_Islands.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Ericales.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Eudicots.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Fiji.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Flowering_plant.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink French_Polynesia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Futuna_(Wallis_and_Futuna).
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Futuna_Island,_Wallis_and_Futuna.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Java.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Krakatoa.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Kuching_Wetlands_National_Park.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Kuching_wetlands.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Leaf.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Lecythidaceae.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Mangrove.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink New_Caledonia.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Pehr_Osbeck.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Philippines.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Plantae.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Poison.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Saponin.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Seed.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Solomon_Islands.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Species_Plantarum.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Taiwan.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Type_(biology).
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Wallis_and_Futuna.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Wilhelm_Sulpiz_Kurz.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink Zanzibar.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink File:Barringtonia_asiatica_(seed).jpg.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink File:Barringtonia_asiatica_flower.jpg.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLink File:Barringtonia_speciosa_Blanco2.305.png.
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLinkText "Barringtonia asiatica".
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLinkText "Box fruit".
- Barringtonia_asiatica wikiPageWikiLinkText "white barringtonia".
- Barringtonia_asiatica binomial "Barringtonia asiatica".
- Barringtonia_asiatica binomialAuthority "Kurz".