Names of Plants in India: Kandelia candel (L.) Druce

kan-duh-LEE-uh -- from Malabar name of the plant, kantal (കണ്ടൽ)
KAN-del -- from Malabar name of the plant, kantal (കണ്ടൽ)

commonly known as: candel mangrove, dichotomous-cymed mangrove, narrow-leaved kandelia • Bengali: গোরিয়া goria • Gujarati: ગોરિયા goriya • Kannada: ಕಾಂದಳೆ kaandale • Konkani: कांदळ kandal • Malayalam: ചെറുകണ്ടൽ cherukantal, എഴുത്താണികണ്ടൽ ezhuthanikantal, കണ്ടൽ kantal • Marathi: कांदळ kandal • Odia: ରସୁଣିଆ rasunia • Tamil: கண்டல் kantal, பூக்கண்டல் pu-k-kantal, துவர்க்கண்டல் tuvar-k-kantal • Telugu: కందిగల kandigala, తువరకందన్ thuvarkandan

botanical names: Kandelia candel (L.) Druce ... homotypic synonyms: Rhizophora candel L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Bruguiera candel Steud. • Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

candel mangrove

Telangana Forest Department - Flora by R D Reddy ... popular trade name

dichotomous-cymed mangrove

for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

narrow-leaved kandelia

Flowers of India

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

গোরিয়া goria

Many thanks to Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia
for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ GUJARAT ~~~~~

ગોરિયા goriya

Many thanks to Bhavin K. Desai for help with this name ... facebook
ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - રાઇઝોફોરેસી - જૈમિન વિ. જોશી

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಕಾಂದಳೆ kaandale

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
or ಕಂಡಾಳೆ kandaale ... for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... Mandayam Digital Library - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

कांदळ kandal

name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
कांदळ or कांदेल ... kandal or kandel or variants of this name; the genus name Kandelia as well as the epithet candel is derived from this name given in most of the languages in peninsular India, for mangrove in general, or its timber

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

ചെറുകണ്ടൽ cherukantal, കണ്ടൽ kantal

Many thanks to Sandhya Sasidharan for help with these names ... efloraofindia
Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with these names ... efloraofindia
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
കണ്ടൽ ... kantal or kandal or variants of this name, is a name given for mangrove in general, or its timber, in most of the languages in peninsular India; the genus name Kandelia as well as the epithet candel is derived from this Malabar name

എഴുത്താണികണ്ടൽ ezhuthanikantal

വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

कांदळ kandal

Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ରସୁଣିଆ rasunia

for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.
for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

கண்டல் kantal, பூக்கண்டல் pu-k-kantal, துவர்க்கண்டல் tuvar-k-kantal