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Barringtonia asiatica
Fish Poison Tree
As recorded: Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Lecythidaceae
- Collected by
- Smith, L.S.
- Collector number
- NGF 1366
- Date
- March 1, 1945
- Locality
- Milne Bay area, ca. 2/3 of the way along the n shore of the bay, almost on the water's edge
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
- Identified by
- Prance, G.T.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 1, 1945, Smith, L.S. also collected 19 other specimens.
Avicennia
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Buchanania macrocarpa
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Burckella polymera
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Calophyllum goniocarpum
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Canarium asperum
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Excoecaria agallocha
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Gardenia hansemannii
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Heritiera littoralis
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Inocarpus fagifer
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Lithocarpus celebicus
Botany
Lithocarpus vinkii
Botany
Litsea collina
Botany
Planchonella chrysophylloides
Botany
Pterophylla fraxinea
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Stemonurus umbellatus
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Strobocalyx arborea
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Syzygium
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Syzygium acutangulum
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Xylocarpus granatum
Botany
Barringtonia asiatica observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,735 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
Taiwan, TW
(c) maoneow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MY
(c) Tom Lansley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Octopus Resort, Fiji
(c) Rosie Steinberg, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-16
Avenida Universidad, San Juan, PR, US
(c) coralaviles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, US
(c) mercaix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
Kaimana, ID-IB, ID
(c) Fred Strebeigh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Barringtonia asiatica. BISH 47885. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956268598. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/47885.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956268598 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026