- Family : SONNERATIACEAE
(Apple Mangrove Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : APPLE MANGROVE FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lythraceae
- Basionym : Rhizophora caseolaris L.
- Synonym(s) : Sonneratia acida L.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl.
- Common name : Apple Mangrove, Crabapple mangrove
- Vernacular name :
- Kandale (Kannada)
- Blatti, Chakkarakandal, Puzhamunja, Thirala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Littoral and tidal swamp forests
- Comments / notes : The cut pieces of pnematophores form a substitute for cork and in lining of small entomological boxes
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : KFP 3391, KFP 4877, KFP 12426
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Kendrapara district
- West Bengal : South 24-Parganas
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Indonesia, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Australia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sonneratia caseolaris. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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