title: Baru (disambiguation)
text: # Baru (disambiguation)
  
  Baru is an extinct genus of crocodile (subfamily Mekosuchinae) that emerged in Australia during the Upper Oligocene.
  
  Baru may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Baru, Sichuan, a town in Xichang, Sichuan, China
  * Baru, Iran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran
  * Baru, Hunedoara, a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania
  * Baroo, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
  * Volcán Barú, a volcano in Panama
  * Baru, Rajasthan, a small village in Rajasthan, India
  * Isla Barú, an island in Colombia
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Bārû, a priestly class in ancient Mesopotamia
  * Baru seed, an edible legume seed native to South America, Dipteryx alata
  * Baru tree, a primitive legume tree from the early branch Dipterygeae, Dipteryx alata
  * Triodia wiseana (Yinjibarndi and Ngarluma: Baru), a bunchgrass species in the genus Triodia
  * Baru Cormorant, the protagonist of the novel The Traitor Baru Cormorant
  