- Family : RHIZOPHORACEAE
(Mangrove Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SADABAHAR FAMILY (सदाबहार फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhizophoraceae
- Synonym(s) : Bruguiera candel Steud.; Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn.; Rhizophora candel L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kandelia candel (L.) Druce
- Vernacular name :
- Gualia, Rasunia, Bhara (Oria)
- Thuvar kandan, Kandigala (Telugu)
- Cherukandal, Nallakandal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tidal forests
- Key identification features : A littoral tree
- Flower, Fruit : February-August
- Collection Nos : KFP 1173, KFP 11368
- Distribution :
- Goa : Goa
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Koraput district
- West Bengal : South 24-Parganas (Sundarbans)
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- 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: 165
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kandelia candel. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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