White Mangrove

The Scientific name of White Mangrove: Avicennia officinalis

Name of White Mangrove in different languages:

English: Indian Mangrove

Sanskrit: Sagarodurga, तिमिरः Timirah

Hindi: Bina

Malayalam: ഒറയി Orayi  Uri, ഉപ്പട്ടി Uppatti, Vella Kandal

Tamil: வெண்கண்டல் Venkantal

Plant description:

White Mangrove is an evergreen tree, grow up to 25 m, and trunk upto 1 m in diameter,upright, Bark brownish- gray, leaves are arranged oppositely, obovate or broadly oblong, rounded at tip, size 4 to 12 cm long,and  2 to 6 cm wide, base acute or rounded, thick, leathery,upper surface is shiny green, underneath gray-green, hairy and resin dots. Flowers are many 2 to 12 together, stalkless, up to 10 mm long,bell-shaped, tubular, yellow-brown with 4  spreading petals.Fruits are flattened, Capsule, broadly ovoid, up to 2.5 cm long. Seed single, large, germinating in water.The roots rise above the soil from long shallow, and horizontal.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Ovate	Margin-Entire	Venation-Pinnate

Useful plant parts:

Leaf, bark, Root, Fruit and seeds

Medicinal uses:

To treat Asthma, diahorreah, dysentry

Medicinal Properties:

Astraigent, Contracetive, anddiuretic

Chemical contents:

Formalin, carrageenin