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Barringtonia asiatica
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<p><i>Barringtonia asiatica</i>, known variously as fish poison tree, putat and beach Barrintonia among other names, is a species of plants in the brazil nut family <a href="/facts/Lecythidaceae/CVWE0ktJ">Lecythidaceae</a>. It is native to coastal habitats from Tanzania and Madagascar in the west to tropical Asia, northern Australia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was described by <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Sulpiz_Kurz/8YRh7DSr">Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz</a> in 1875 and has a conservation status of least concern. It has been used by a number of traditional cultures as a fish poison. </p>