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Barringtonia reticulata is a shrub or small tree from the Brazil-nut family, native to wet tropical lowlands of Southeast Asia, growing in swamp, heath and beach forest. It is rarely grown outside its native range, and its care needs are best met by mimicking warm, humid, moist conditions.
Barringtonia reticulata is a plant in the family Lecythidaceae. The specific epithet reticulata means 'like a network', referring to the leaf veins.
Barringtonia reticulata is native to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Its habitat is heath, swamp and beach forest.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barringtonia reticulata 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.
