Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
freshwater mangrove	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian-oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
itchytree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mango-pine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangobark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stream barringtonia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Barringtonia alba Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1536 (1835), not validly publ.
Barringtonia balansae R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 48 (1939).
Barringtonia coccinea (Lour.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1536 (1835).
Barringtonia costata (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 489 (1855).
Barringtonia demissa (Miers) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 46 (1939).
Barringtonia denticulata (Miers) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 44 (1939).
Barringtonia eberhardtii Gagnep. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 26: 72 (1920), not validly publ.
Barringtonia gracilis (Miers) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 44 (1939).
Barringtonia kedahensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 47 (1939).
Barringtonia kermodei C.E.C Fisch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 311 (1929).
Barringtonia luzonensis (C.Presl) S.Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philipp.: 13, 48, 113 (1885).
Barringtonia martensii R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 46 (1939).
Barringtonia merguiensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 48 (1939).
Barringtonia micrantha Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 385 (1918).
Barringtonia multiflora (Eberh. & Dubard) Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 287 (1924).
Barringtonia nitida Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 490 (1855).
Barringtonia pedicellata Ridl. J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 134 (1920).
Barringtonia pubescens (Miers) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219: 44 (1939).
Barringtonia tetraptera Lauterb. Nova Guinea 8: 315 (1910).
Botryoropis luzonensis C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 580 (1851).
Butonica rubra Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 70 (1875).
Careya coccinea (Lour.) A.Chev. Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon: 64 (1919).
Meteorus coccineus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 410 (1790).
Michelia costata (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 240 (1891).
Michelia luzonensis (C.Presl) Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891).
Michelia nitida (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891).
Stravadium coccineum (Lour.) DC. Prodr. 3: 289 (1828).
Stravadium costatum Blume Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 24 (1851).
Stravadium demissum Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 81 (1875).
Stravadium denticulatum Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 88 (1875).
Stravadium gracile Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 86 (1875).
Stravadium luzonense (C.Presl) Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 84 (1875).
Stravadium pubescens Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 83 (1875).
Stravadium rheedei Blume Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 24 (1851).
Symplocos multiflora Eberh. & Dubard Agron. Colon. 1: 76 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. subsp. acutangula	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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