Barringtonia racemosa (freshwater mangrove)

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. (1826) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. 
Altitudinal range from sea level to 20 m.
Grows in freshwater swamp forest or in areas which are subject to periodic flooding.
Also occurs in Africa, 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 racemosa (L.) Spreng. (1826): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/109767/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 racemosa (L.) Spreng. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Barringtonia_racemosa.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 29th .

• Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. – "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 . 

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

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