- Family : LECYTHIDACEAE
(Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUMBHI FAMILY (कुंभी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lecythidaceae
- Basionym : Eugenia acutangula L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.
- Common name : Indian Oak Tree, Small Indain oak
- Vernacular name :
- Hyal, Hyar, Hijjal (Hindi)
- Neeru kanigalu (Kannada)
- Adampai, Samuthirapaalai (Tamil)
- Kanapa, Kurpa, Kadmi, Tarepu, Kudapa, Kalapa, Neru-kanti, Neru-kanapa (Telugu)
- Hinjal, Hijal (Oria)
- Dhatriphal (Sanskrit)
- Attampu, Attupera, Aattuvanchimaram, Adambu, Cheriyasamskaravadi, Neerpezhu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Along riverbanks and water courses
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains, on banks of rivers and tanks
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Tropical Asia, Australia
- World Distribution : Tropical Asia to Australia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Barringtonia acutangula. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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