Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bonnet carre	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bonnet carré bord de mer	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bonnet d'eveque	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
butong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chapeau carre	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
cotalankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fish-killer tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fotabe	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
fotatra	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
katanmulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katarkani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutticakiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudilla	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pertun putat hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat gajah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat laut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putat talang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qí pán jiǎo shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qí pán jiǎo shù kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
samudraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sea poison tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sea puta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semuting	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù ruǐ kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
මූදිල්ල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
棋盘脚树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棋盘脚树科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉蕊科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Entire plant, Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaf, frond, seed, bark		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Barringtonia speciosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 76 (1776).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Barringhtonia asiatica Kurz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Barringtonia asiatica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Barringtonia asiatica (Linn.) Kurz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Barringtonia asiatica Kurz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Barringtonia speciosa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Barringtonia speciosa Forst.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Barringtonia speciosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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