توضیحات
Barringtonia racemosa (powder-puff tree, Afrikaans: pooeierkwasboom, Zulu: Iboqo, Malay: Putat) is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, coastal Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands and many Polynesian islands. The 1889 book ‘The Useful Native Plants of Australia’ records that the Indigenous people of the Mitchell River District called this plant “Yakooro” and that “The root of this tree has a bitter taste, and is used by Hindoo [sic.] practitioners on account of its aperient and cooling qualities. The seeds and bark are also used in native medicine; the latter is of a reddish colour, and is said to possess properties allied to the Cinchonas. The pulverised fruit is used as snuff, and, combined with other remedies, is applied externally in diseases of the skin. (Treasury of Botany).” The Powder-puff tree is a protected tree in South Africa
بارینگتونیا انگوری درختی با گلهای زیبا و آویزان از خانواده بهشتی فندقان است
در زبان لاتین racemosa به معنای “شبیه انگور” است
بعد از گلدهی میوه های آن شبیه خوشه ای انگور درشت ظاهر میشوند
این درخت کاربرد تزیینی و دارویی دارد
از کاربردی های دارویی آن میتوان به خنک کنندگی، درمان بیماری های پوستی اشاره کرد
