Barringtonia

Barringtonia Asiatica

It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 7–25 m tall. The leaves are narrow obovate, 20–40 cm in length and 10–20 cm in width. Fruit produced as mentioned earlier, is otherwise aptly known as the Box Fruit, due to distinct square like diagonals jutting out from the cross section of the fruit, given its semi spherical shape form from stem altering to a subpyramidal shape at its base. The fruit measures 9–11 cm in diameter, where a thick spongy fibrous layer covers the 4–5 cm diameter seed.

Other Details

• Family :
  Lecythidaceae
• Common Name :
  Fish poison tree, Putat or sea poison tree.
• Origin :
  Islands of the Indian Ocean in the west to tropical Asia and islands of the western Pacific Ocean