해안가 습지에서 8~15m까지 자라는 식물이다.

베트남에서는 어린잎을 고기나 새우등과 함께 먹는 야채다.

종자 추출물에서는 항종양성, 항생제, 항진균활성 기능이 있다.

나무잎에서는 opioid 진통제 성분이 있다.

Barringtonia속 식물들  

Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. - Indian Subcontinent, SE Asia, Afghanistan, New Guinea, Queensland

Barringtonia apiculata Lauterb. - Sulawesi, New Guinea

Barringtonia ashtonii Payens - Borneo

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz - India, Madagascar, SE Asia, various islands of the Pacific + Indian Oceans

Barringtonia augusta Kurz - Indochina, W Malaysia

Barringtonia badia Prance - W Malaysia

Barringtonia belagaensis Chantar. - Sarawak

Barringtonia calyptrata (Miers) R.Br. ex Benth. - New Guinea, Queensland

Barringtonia calyptrocalyx K.Schum. - New Guinea, New Britain

Barringtonia chaniana (Whitmore) Prance - W Malaysia

Barringtonia conoidea Griff. - Indochina, W Malaysia

Barringtonia corneri Kiew & K.M.Wong - W Malaysia

Barringtonia curranii Merr. - Sarawak, Sabah, Palawan

Barringtonia edulis Seem. - Fiji, Vanuatu

Barringtonia filirachis Payens - W Malaysia, Sumatra

Barringtonia fusiformis King - W Malaysia

Barringtonia gigantostachya Koord. & Valeton - Java

Barringtonia glomerata Prance - W Malaysia

Barringtonia hallieri R.Knuth - Borneo

Barringtonia havilandii Ridl. - Borneo

Barringtonia integrifolia (Montrouz.) Schltr. - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is

Barringtonia jebbiana Takeuchi - New Guinea

Barringtonia josephstaalensis W.N.Takeuchi - E New Guinea

Barringtonia khaoluangensis Chantar. - Thailand

Barringtonia lanceolata (Ridl.) Payens - Borneo

Barringtonia latiffiana (El-Sherif) Prance - Pulau Langkawi

Barringtonia lauterbachii R.Knuth - New Guinea

Barringtonia longifolia Schltr. - New Caledonia

Barringtonia longipes Gagnep. - Indochina, W Malaysia

Barringtonia longisepala Payens - Brunei, Sabah

Barringtonia lumina Jebb & Prance - New Guinea, Solomon Is

Barringtonia macrocarpa Hassk. - Indochina, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra

Barringtonia macrostachya (Jack) Kurz - SE Asia, S China, New Guinea

Barringtonia maunwongyathiae Chuakul - Thailand

Barringtonia maxwelliana (Whitmore) Prance - Bukit Larut

Barringtonia monticola Jebb & Prance - Papua New Guinea

Barringtonia neocaledonica Vieill. - New Guinea

Barringtonia niedenzuana (K.Schum.) R.Knuth - Sulawesi, Maluku, Papuasia

Barringtonia norshamiae Prance - W Malaysia

Barringtonia novae-hiberniae Lauterb. - Huon, Papuasia

Barringtonia palawanensis Chantar. - Palawan

Barringtonia papeh Lauterb. - Papuasia

Barringtonia papuana Lauterb. - New Guinea

Barringtonia pauciflora King - Perak

Barringtonia payensiana Whitmore - Perak, Selangor

Barringtonia pendula (Griff.) Kurz - Yunnan, Indochina, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra

Barringtonia pinnifolia Jebb & Prance - Papua New Guinea

Barringtonia procera (Miers) R.Knuth - Papuasia, Vanuatu

Barringtonia pseudoglomerata Chantar. - Sarawak, Sabah

Barringtonia pterita Merr. - Philippines

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng. - E + SE Africa, S + SE Asia, S China, N Australia, various islands of the Pacific + Indian Oceans

Barringtonia reticulata (Blume) Miq. - Andaman & Nicobar, W Indonesia, Philippines

Barringtonia revoluta Merr. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra

Barringtonia ridsdalei Chantar. - Palawan

Barringtonia rimata Chantar. - W Malaysia, S Thailand

Barringtonia samoensis A.Gray - Samoa, Micronesia, New Guinea, Maluku, Sulawesi

Barringtonia sarawakensis Chantar. - Sarawak

Barringtonia sarcostachys (Blume) Miq. - Sumatra, Borneo

Barringtonia scortechinii King - W Malaysia, S Thailand, Borneo, Sumatra

Barringtonia seaturae H.B.Guppy - Fiji

Barringtonia serenae Jebb & Prance - Papua New Guinea

Barringtonia tagala Jebb & Prance - Papua New Guinea

Barringtonia terengganuensis Chantar. - Terengganu

Barringtonia waasii Chantar. - Sri Lanka

Barringtonia zainudiniana (El-Sherif & Latiff) Prance - Kedah