Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.

 
  • Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
    (Mangrove Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhizophoraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bruguiera capensis Blume; Bruguiera conjugata (L.) Merr.; Bruguiera gymnorhiza f. alba (Stone) Fosberg; Bruguiera rheedei Blume; Bruguiera rumphii Blume; Bruguiera wightii Blume; Bruguiera zippelii Blume; Rhizophora conjugata L.; Rhizophora gymnorhiza L.; Rhizophora palun DC.; Rhizophora rheedei Steud.; Rhizophora tinctoria Blanco
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam. ex Savigny
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kekre, Rasinia (Oria)
    • Thudduponna (Telugu)
    • Sigappu kaakandan (Tamil)
    • Kandel, Karakandel (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Littoral and tidal swamp forests
  • Key identification features : A Mangrove Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, N.S.Ravindra
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1387, KFP 3394
  • Collection Locality : Pavanje river (Dakshina Kannada)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Koraput district, Jagatsinghpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district
    • West Bengal : South 24 Parganas district, Midnapur
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Djibouti, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 164
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bruguiera gymnorhiza. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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