Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir.

 
  • 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 sexangula (Lour.) Poir.
  • Vernacular name : Kekre, Rasinia (Oria); Swarnakandal (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tidal forests
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Ernakulam district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Koraput district, Kendrapara district
  • World Distribution : India, Andaman Nicobar, Southeast Asia extending to New Guinea
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Duke, N., Kathiresan, K., Salmo III, S.G., Fernando, E.S., Peras, J.R., Sukardjo, S. & Miyagi, T. 2010. Bruguiera sexangula. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2; 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 sexangula. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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