• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
• Common name : Grey Mangrove, Grey Avicennia
• Vernacular name : Chakkapoo, Cheru uppatti, Orei (Malayalam); Dhal bani, Mada (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Littoral forests
• Comments / notes : Wood is very strong and used for timber and fuel.
• Flower, Fruit : March-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Angul district, Cuttack district, Koraput district, Sambalpur district, Kendrapara district
• World Distribution : Paleotropics
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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=Avicennia marina var. marina. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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