- 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 IPNI) : Avicennia alba Blume
- Vernacular name :
- Bani, Safed bani (Oria)
- Gundu mada (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Littoral forests
- Comments / notes : Wood is very strong and used for timber and fuel.
- Flower, Fruit : May-September
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Odisha : Angul district, Cuttack district, Koraput district, Sambalpur district, Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Islands, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Islands, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Avicennia alba. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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