Duabanga grandiflora (DC.) Walp.

 
  • Family : SONNERATIACEAE
    (Apple Mangrove Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : APPLE MANGROVE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LYTHRACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Duabanga grandiflora (DC.) Walp.
  • Common name : Lampatti
  • Vernacular name : Bandorhulla (Oria)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : One of the tallest trees with characteristic large attractive flower
  • Key identification features : Roughly fissured smoke grey bark.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-July
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Odisha : Koraput district
  • Native : Cambodia, India, Laos
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal to Martaban (Myanmar), Bhutan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009
  • 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=Duabanga grandiflora. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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