Editing Lecythidaceae (section)

{{Short description|Family of flowering plants in the order Ericales}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Lecythidaceae
|image = Barringtonia asiatica (flower).jpg
|image_caption = Flower of ''Barringtonia asiatica'' (futu) on [[Tongatapu]]
|authority = [[A.Rich.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Genera
|subdivision = See text
}}
[[Image:Barringtonia acutangula (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in Kolkata W IMG 8545.jpg|right|190px|thumb|''[[Barringtonia acutangula]]'' (Freshwater Mangrove) fruits in  [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. ]]
[[Image:Careya arborea (Wild guava) leaves in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0153.jpg|190px|thumb|''[[Careya arborea]]'' in [[Narsapur, Medak district]], [[India]]. ]]

The '''Lecythidaceae''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|ɛ|s|ᵻ|θ|ᵻ|'|d|eɪ|ʃ|iː}} {{respell|LESS|ith|ih|DAY|shee}}) comprise a [[family (biology)|family]] of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of [[woody plant]]s native to tropical [[South America]], [[Africa]] (including [[Madagascar]]), Asia and Australia.

Well known members of the family include the cannonball tree (''[[Couroupita guianensis]]'') and the edible [[Brazil nut]] (''Bertholletia excelsa'').{{R|MORI}}