- Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
(Mangrove Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhizophoraceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob.
- Vernacular name :
- Math garan (Oria)
- Ankandal, Manjakandal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tidal forests
- Key identification features : A Mangrove and littoral tree found in tidal forests
- Flower, Fruit : July-December
- Collection Nos : T. R. Bell 5029 (BLAT)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Cuttack district
- West Bengal : South 24-Parganas (Sundarbans)
- Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Comoros, Djibouti, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Moz
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Comoros, Djibouti, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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=Ceriops tagal. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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