Plant Details

Accepted name:: Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. [Lecythidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Barringtonia acutangula subsp. spicata (Blume) Payens

Barringtonia acutangula subsp. acutangula

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abdhiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adampai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amamikkatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amantalati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambudhiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ambuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arrupera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attapera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attaperzha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attupela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attupelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attupera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attupezhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barringtonia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
batta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cadamic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camuttirappalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cariyasamskaravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceriyasamstaravati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheriyasamstaravati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheryasamstravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chu lcan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dattephal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaathri phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatri phala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatriphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatriphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ela midella	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
ganappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganigaluthora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganigilatora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gannerale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goye-mcha-sadaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hijagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hijjal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hijjala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hijjat	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
hijjul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindole	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hole kauvva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hole kovva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hole kowa mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holegonvamara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
holekauva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hote kauva	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ijal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ijjala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
imgli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian oak	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ingar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isjeriasamstravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itach tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jugli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jujar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jurai-jurai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kadambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadamic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadanic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadappai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kadappay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadaps	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kaddapay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kademba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadimi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadimu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanapa chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanapu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanigi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanigi chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanipt	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kanopu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katappam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu ganagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kijolo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kurpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kyi-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
manjal kadam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
manjal kadamba	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
maravam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mavinkubia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerkaniki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerpezhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru ganigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru halasina mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nerruganegalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nevada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
newar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nichula	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nicula	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nicula (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
niculah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nir-kanapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nir-kanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirdaddal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirpelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirperzha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirppera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruganigilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruganigily	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panniari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parsut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perukatampai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungaduppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkatampai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pivar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokok gajah beranak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat india	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat nasi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat sawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ratami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samandar-phal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samandarphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
samander phal	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samuderphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samudrafal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudrakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraphal	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraphala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
samudraphalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraphullarni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
samudrapullarni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samundarphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samuthirapalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samutrapalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
samutrapullam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samuttirappalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sengadambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seriyasamstaravati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sindhuphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sjeriasamstravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarepu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarrepu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeria-samstravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeriasamstravadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udadhiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidula	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ye-kyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
එළ මිදෙල්ල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Fruit, Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit, leaf		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leaf, fruit, seed, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, fruit, bark, wood, seed	leaves juice, powdered seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit	dried fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
fruit	dried fruit	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Barringtonia rubra Baill. ex Laness. Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 621 (1886), nom. superfl.
Butonica acutangula (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl.: t. 591 (1794).
Caryophyllus acutangulus (L.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 75 (1812).
Eugenia acutangula L. Sp. Pl.: 471 (1753).
Huttum acutangulum (L.) Britten J. Bot.: 67 (1901).
Michelia acutangula (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Stravadium acutangulum (L.) J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 166 (1805).
Stravadium rubrum Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 30 (1806), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baringlonia acutangula (Linn) Gaertn.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Barringhtonia acutangola Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Barringtonia acutangula	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertner	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Barringtonia acutangula (L.)Gaertn.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Barringtonia acutangula Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Barringtonia rubra Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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