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Barringtonia havilandii

Barringtonia havilandii is a tree from the Brazil-nut family, native to northwest and west Borneo, where it grows in inland riverine forest. It is a forest tree and is not grown as a houseplant or garden plant in most places.

Family
Lecythidaceae (Brazil-nut family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep consistently moist, as it naturally grows along rivers in wet tropical forest.
Soil
Moist, well-drained forest soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NW. & W. Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Barringtonia havilandii is a tree of the Lecythidaceae family endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is inland riverine forests.

Other Barringtonia plants

Freshwater mangrove · Barringtonia ashtonii · Sea putat · Corned Beef Wood · Barringtonia chaniana · Barringtonia conoidea · Barringtonia curranii · Cutnut · Barringtonia fusicarpa · Barringtonia hallieri · Barringtonia lanceolata · Barringtonia longisepala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barringtonia havilandii 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.

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