Record Number
4975
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Barringtonia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Barringtonia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Barringtonia insignis Miq., Barringtonia pallida (Miers) Koord. & Valeton, Barringtonia salomonensis Rech.
Vernacular Names
Common putat (En). Brunei: putat aying. Indonesia: butun darat (Indonesian, Moluccas), penggung (Java), putat sungai (Bangka). Malaysia: putat ayam, putat kampong (Peninsular), putat ayer (Sabah). Philippines: apalang (Filipino). Burma (Myanmar): kye-bin, kyi. Laos: som pawng. Thailand: chik ban, chik suan (central).
Distribution
From eastern Africa and Madagascar to Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, throughout the Malesian region towards Micronesia, Polynesia (east to Fiji and Samoa) and northern Australia.
Image
 | Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. – 1, flowering twig; 2, young infructescence; 3, gynoecium; 4, mature fruit. |
Author(s)
S.C. Lim
Correct Citation of this Article
Lim, S.C., 1998. Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
All texts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands License
This license does not include the illustrations (Maps,drawings,pictures); these remain all under copyright.