Lecythidaceae
Freshwater mangrove
Barringtonia acutangula
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Barringtonia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Assamese
- হিজল
- Bangla
- হিজল, জলন্ত, নদীক্রান্ত
- Burmese
- ကျည်းပင်
- Chinese
- 紅花玉蕊, 红花玉蕊
- English
- Freshwater mangrove, Hijal, Hijjal tree, Itchytree, Mango-pine
- Indonesian
- Alakang
- Japanese
- ベニサガリバナ, フレッシュウォーター・マングローブ
- Malay
- Putat sawa, Gajah beranak, Jurai-jurai, Putat nasi, Putat sungai
- Malayalam
- ആറ്റുപേഴ്
- mnw
- ပတုက်၊တၞမ်
- Odia
- ହିଞ୍ଜଳ
- Sanskrit
- हिज्जल
- Spanish
- Manglar de agua dulce
- Tamil
- செங்கடம்ப மரம், செங்கடம்பு, நீர்கடப்பை
- Thai
- จิกน้ำ
- Vietnamese
- Lộc vừng
Synonyms
- Barringtonia rubra Baill. ex Laness.
- Butonica acutangula Lam.
- Caryophyllus acutangulus (L.) Stokes
- Eugenia acutangula L.
- Huttum acutangulum Britten
- Michelia acutangula Kuntze
- Stravadium acutangulum (L.) J.St.-Hil.
- Stravadium acutangulum (L.) Miers
- Stravadium rubrum Pers.
Photos
Photo: Nguyen Quang Tuan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.