# Barringtonia

Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.

## Description

Plants in this genus are evergreen trees or shrubs, which may be deciduous or semi-deciduous. Leaves are entire or toothed. Inflorescences are erect or pendulous racemes, either terminal, axillary, or cauliflorus. The calyx has 4 or 5 lobes, petals number between 3 and 6. Stamens are numerous, arranged in 3 to 8 whorls. Ovaries are 2 to 4 locular, with 2 to 8 ovules per locule. The fruit may be obovate, ellipsoid or fusiform, and may be angled or winged. They contain one large seed.

## Species list

The following is a list of all 72 species of Barringtonia accepted by Plants of the World Online as of June 2024:
* Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. − India, SE Asia, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Queensland
* Barringtonia apiculata Lauterb. − Sulawesi, New Guinea
* Barringtonia ashtonii Payens − Borneo
* Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz − India, Madagascar, SE Asia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans
* Barringtonia augusta Kurz − Indochina
* Barringtonia belagaensis Chantar. − Sarawak
* Barringtonia calyptrata (Miers) R.Br. ex Benth. − New Guinea, Queensland
* Barringtonia calyptrocalyx K.Schum. − New Guinea, New Britain
* Barringtonia chaniana (Whitmore) Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia chantaranoi Prance − Borneo
* Barringtonia conoidea Griff. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia corneri Kiew & K.M.Wong − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia curranii Merr. − Sarawak, Sabah, Palawan
* Barringtonia edulis Seem. − Fiji, Vanuatu
* Barringtonia filirachis Payens − Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
* Barringtonia fusicarpa Hu − China
* Barringtonia fusiformis King − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia gigantostachya Koord. & Valeton − Java
* Barringtonia glomerata Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia hallieri R.Knuth − Borneo
* Barringtonia havilandii Ridl. − Borneo
* Barringtonia integrifolia (Montrouz.) Schltr. − New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands
* Barringtonia jebbiana Takeuchi - New Guinea
* Barringtonia josephstaalensis W.N.Takeuchi − New Guinea
* Barringtonia khaoluangensis Chantar. − Thailand
* Barringtonia lanceolata (Ridl.) Payens − Borneo
* Barringtonia latiffiana (El-Sherif) Prance − Pulau Langkawi
* Barringtonia lauterbachii R.Knuth − New Guinea
* Barringtonia laxiflora Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − Vietnam
* Barringtonia longifolia Schltr. − New Caledonia
* Barringtonia longipes Gagnep. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia longisepala Payens − Brunei, Sabah
* Barringtonia lumina Jebb & Prance − New Guinea, Solomon Islands
* Barringtonia macrocarpa Hassk. − Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
* Barringtonia macrostachya (Jack) Kurz − SE Asia, Southern China, New Guinea
* Barringtonia magnifolia Prance − Maluku
* Barringtonia maxwelliana (Whitmore) Prance − Bukit Larut
* Barringtonia monticola Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
* Barringtonia neocaledonica Vieill. − New Caledonia
* Barringtonia niedenzuana (K.Schum.) R.Knuth − Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, Papuasia
* Barringtonia norshamiae Prance − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia novae-hiberniae Lauterb. − Huon Peninsula, Papuasia
* Barringtonia palawanensis Chantar. − Palawan
* Barringtonia papeh Lauterb. − Papuasia
* Barringtonia papuana Lauterb. − New Guinea
* Barringtonia parkinsonii Thammar. − Myanmar
* Barringtonia pauciflora King − Perak
* Barringtonia payensiana Whitmore − Perak, Selangor
* Barringtonia pendula (Griff.) Kurz − Yunnan, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
* Barringtonia pinnifolia Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
* Barringtonia procera (Miers) R.Knuth − Papuasia, Vanuatu
* Barringtonia pseudoglomerata Chantar. − Sarawak, Sabah
* Barringtonia pterita Merr. − Philippines
* Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. − E & SE Africa, S & SE Asia, S China, Queensland, various islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans
* Barringtonia reticulata (Blume) Miq. − Andaman & Nicobar, W Indonesia, Philippines
* Barringtonia revoluta Merr. − Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
* Barringtonia ridsdalei Chantar. − Palawan
* Barringtonia rimata Chantar. − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand
* Barringtonia samoensis A.Gray − Samoa, Micronesia, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi
* Barringtonia sanimiranii Rohana & Latiff. − Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia sarawakensis Chantar. − Sarawak
* Barringtonia sarcostachys (Blume) Miq. − Sumatra, Borneo
* Barringtonia schmidtii Warb. ex Craib. − Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
* Barringtonia scortechinii King − Peninsular Malaysia, S Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra
* Barringtonia seaturae H.B.Guppy − Fiji
* Barringtonia serenae Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
* Barringtonia tagala Jebb & Prance − Papua New Guinea
* Barringtonia terengganuensis Chantar. − Terengganu
* Barringtonia thailandica Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − eastern Thailand
* Barringtonia tomentosa Thammar., Pornp. & Chantar. − Vietnam
* Barringtonia waasii Chantar. − Sri Lanka
* Barringtonia zainudiniana (El-Sherif & Latiff) Prance − Kedah

## Gallery

* Flowers of B. asiatica
* Flowers of B. racemosa
* Fruit of B. neocaledonica
* Fruit of B. racemosa
* Fruit of B. asiatica