
Barringtonia asiatica
Fish Poison Tree
As recorded: Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Lecythidaceae
- Collected by
- Dores, A.
- Collector number
- 59
- Date
- November 12, 2002
- Locality
- Pohnmaiau, Pahlap
- Island
- Pohnpei
- Region
- U Municipality, Micronesia
- Coordinates
- 6.9458, 158.2720
- Elevation
- 10 m
- Identified by
- Flynn, T.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On November 12, 2002, Dores, A. also collected 5 other specimens.
Still here: Barringtonia asiatica observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-08-01.

2024-08-01
Micronesia
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2022-12-31
Pohnpei, FM
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2022-12-30
Madolenimw Municipality, Pohnpei, Micronesia
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2021-07-31
Pohnpei, FM
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2020-01-30
Pohnpei, FM
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2019-11-13
Pohnpei, FM
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Cite this specimen
Barringtonia asiatica. BISH 721263. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956213952. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/721263.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956213952 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
