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Lecythidaceae (brazil nut family) »
Barringtonia acutangula bar-ring-TOH-nee-uh -- named for Daines Barrington, English judge and naturalist a-kew-TAN-gu-luh or a-kew-TAN-gyoo-luh -- meaning, having sharp angles commonly known as: cut nut, freshwater mangrove, Indian putat, itchy tree, kandu almond, small Indian oak, wild almond • Bengali: হিজল hijala • Hindi: अब्ज abja, अदल adal, हिज्जल hijjal, निचुल nichul, पिचुल pichul, समुन्दरफल samundarphal • Kannada: ಹೊಳೆಕೋವೌಮರ holekovaumara • Konkani: इंग्ळी imgli • Malayalam: ആറ്റുപേഴ് aatupeezh, നീര്പ്പേഴ് niirppeezh • Marathi: धात्रीफळ dhatriphala, नेवर nevar, समुद्रफळ samudraphala • Oriya: hinjolo • Sanskrit: हिज्जल hijjala, निचुल nichul, पिचुल pichul, रक्तमन्जर raktamanjara, समुद्रफल samudraphala • Tamil: செங்கடம்பு cengkatampu, ஸமுத்திரப்பழம samudra pazham • Telugu: కడపచెట్టు kadapachettu Native to: Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, north-west Australia References:
Flowers of India •
NPGS / GRIN •
Top Tropicals •
DDSA. Date: 9 May 2008, 11:30. Source:
Barringtonia acutangula. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.