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Barringtonia calyptrata
In Singapore: Corned Beef Wood, Mango Pine, Cassowary Pine, Tufan (Grown in Singapore)
Corned beef wood is a tropical tree of the Brazil-nut family, found in mangrove and coastal forest. It is a wild coastal species rather than a garden plant, and grows best in hot, wet, humid conditions.
Barringtonia calyptrata is a species of mangrove belonging to the family Lecythidaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name corned beef wood. It is native to New Guinea and to northern Queensland, Australia.
Freshwater mangrove · Sea putat · Cutnut · Barringtonia macrostachya · Freshwater mangrove
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barringtonia calyptrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
