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 Baru, Rajasthan, a small village in Rajasthan, India Barú District, Pérez Zeledón, a district in Costa Rica Karang Baru, a town in Sumatra, Indonesia Isla Barú, an island in Colombia Volcán Barú, a volcano in Panama
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: ), a bunchgrass species in the genus Triodia Baru Cormorant, the protagonist of the novel The Traitor Baru Cormorant Baru (Hervé Barulea; born 1947), French comics author