Barringtonia asiatica (beach barringtonia)

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz (1875) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
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Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in NT, Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld and central eastern Qld. 
Altitudinal range from sea level to 100 m.
Grows on beaches or in close proximity to the sea.
Also occurs in Madagascar, India, Malesia and the Pacific islands.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz (1875): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/109676/api/apni-format .
Barringtonia ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Barringtonia&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2025 September 29th . 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Barringtonia_asiatica.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 29th .

• Wood A M, Queensland Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online . 
Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=2908 
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2025 September 29th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (265–) 266–267 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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