Freshwater mangrove
ಗಣಿಗಲ ತೋರஅரட்டம்కనపచెట్టు
Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Lecythidaceae
Also called Barringtonia, Cassowary pine, Mango pine
Formerly Barringtonia afra, Barringtonia celebesensis, Barringtonia ceramensis, Barringtonia ceylanica, and 35 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and W. PacificKew's checklist, not yet checked
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 水茄苳, 水茄苳叶, 水茄苳子
- Simplified Chinese
- 水茄冬, 水茄苳, 玉蕊
- Tamil
- அரட்டம்
- Telugu
- కనపచెట్టు, సముద్రపండు, కనప
- Kannada
- ಗಣಿಗಲ ತೋರ
- Bangla
- সমুন্দরফল
- Malayalam
- സമുദ്രചാമ്പ, സമുദ്രക്കായ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Barringtonia racemosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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