Lecythidaceae
Beach barringtonia
Barringtonia asiatica
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Genus
- Barringtonia
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Common names
By language (19)
- arz
- بارينجتونيا اسياتيكا
- ban
- Jangkah
- Bangla
- নোনা হিজল, ব্যারিংটোনিয়া এশিয়াটিকা
- bjn
- Hambutun
- Bulgarian
- Азиатска барингтония
- Burmese
- ကျည်းပင်
- Chinese
- 棋盤腳樹, 滨玉蕊, 濱玉蕊, 棋盘脚树
- English
- Beach barringtonia, Sea putat, Fish poison tree, Mango pine
- Indonesian
- Pohon Keben
- Japanese
- ゴバンノアシ
- Malagasy
- Fosatra, Fotabe, Fotadrano, Fotatra, Fotibe, Fotobe, Fototra
- Malay
- Putat laut
- Malayalam
- നീർപ്പേഴ്
- Polish
- Keben okazały
- Russian
- Баррингтония азиатская
- Thai
- จิกเล, จิกทะเล
- Tongan
- Futu
- ty
- Hotu
- Vietnamese
- Bàng vuông
Synonyms
- Agasta asiatica (L.) Miers
- Agasta indica Miers
- Agasta splendida Miers
- Barringtonia butonica J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Barringtonia levequii Jard.
- Barringtonia littorea Oken
- Barringtonia senequli Jard.
- Barringtonia speciosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Butonica speciosa (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Lam.
- Huttum speciosum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Britten
- Mammea asiatica L.
- Michelia asiatica Kuntze
- Mitraria commersonia J.F.Gmel.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 165 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mike Burnett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Allen Todd, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chao 江星辰, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wicki, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pescov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J Straka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.