Barringtonia racemosa (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Synonyms

Barringtonia insignis Miq., Barringtonia pallida (Miers) Koord. & Valeton, Barringtonia salomonensis Rech.

Vernacular names

• Common putat (En). Brunei: putat aying
• Indonesia: butun darat (Indonesian, Moluccas), penggung (Java), putat sungai (Bangka)
• Malaysia: putat ayam, putat kampong (Peninsular), putat ayer (Sabah)
• Philippines: apalang (Filipino). Burma (Myanmar): kye-bin, kyi
• Laos: som pawng
• Thailand: chik ban, chik suan (central).

Distribution

From eastern Africa and Madagascar to Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, throughout the Malesian region towards Micronesia, Polynesia (east to Fiji and Samoa) and northern Australia.