• 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) : Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob.
• Vernacular name : Math garan (Oria); Ankandal, Manjakandal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tidal forests
• Key identification features : A Mangrove and littoral tree found in tidal forests
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Collection Nos : T. R. Bell 5029 (BLAT)
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : Kollam district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• 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=Ceriops tagal. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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