• Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
  (Mangrove Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RHIZOPHORACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
• Vernacular name : Karika, Kekra (Oria); Vu-rada (Telugu); Pannukkaucchi (Tamil); Kuttikandal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tidal forests
• Key identification features : A Mangrove Tree
• Flower, Fruit : January-October
• Collection Nos : T. R. Bell 7747 (BLAT), Clement 15
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district
• World Distribution : India, SE. Asia, Malesia to N.Australia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bruguiera cylindrica. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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