Rhizophora mucronata Poir.

ree-ZOH-for-uh -- bearing roots, referring to the typical aerial roots ... Dave's Botanary
muh-kron-AH-tuh -- with a short tip ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Asiatic mangrove, boriti poles, loop-root mangrove, red mangrove, simple-cymed mangrove • Bengali: ভারা bhara, গর্জন garjan, খামু khamu • Gujarati: કાંડેલ kandel, કરાડ karad • Kannada: ಕಾಂದಲೆ kandale, ನಿಜ ಕಂಡ್ಲಾ nija kaandla, ಓಳ್ಳೇ ಕಂಡ್ಲಾ olle kaandla, ಉಪ್ಪು ಕಾಂಡ್ಲೆ uppu kandle • Konkani: कांदळं kamdalam • Malayalam: പനച്ചിക്കണ്ടൽ panachikkandal, പീക്കണ്ടൽ peekkandal, പ്രാന്തൻ കണ്ടൽ praanthan kandal • Marathi: डुंबी dumbi, कामो kamo, कांदळ kandal, कुरनो kurano • Odia: ରାଇ ଗଛ rai gachha • Tamil: கண்டல் kantal, பேய்க்கண்டல் pey-k-kantal • Telugu: అడవి పొన్న adavi ponna, కండ్ల kandla, మంచి పొన్న manci ponna, ఉప్పు పొన్న uppu ponna • Tulu: ಕಾಂಡ್ಲ kaandla


botanical names: Rhizophora mucronata Poir. ... heterotypic synonyms: Rhizophora latifolia Miq. • Rhizophora longissima Blanco • Rhizophora macrorrhiza Griff. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 21 June 2024

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Asiatic mangrove

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... much of the natural distribution of this mangrove is on coasts of Asia

boriti poles

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• a trade name in Swahili, for the timber of this plant ... Kokwaro, J.O. (1985) The distribution and economic importance of the mangrove forests of Kenya - AquaDocs

loop-root mangrove

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

red mangrove

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• red mangroves get their name from the bright red colour of the wood underneath the bark ... Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) - Government of Bermuda

simple-cymed mangrove

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras ... the name descriptive of the type of inflorescence; such names are often given to help distinguish visually, the close species of the genus

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ভারা bhara, খামু khamu

• BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID

গর্জন garjan

• Indian Mangroves - ENVIS Resource Partner (RP) on Biodiversity - Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

કાંડેલ kandel

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

કરાડ karad

• ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ - મૅન્ગ્રોવ - બળદેવભાઈ પટેલ
• સૃષ્ટિ (અંક-૨૮, સપ્ટેમ્બર ૨૦૦૦, ચેર વિશેષાંક) publication by Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation
• or કરોડ karod ... Many thanks to Mukeshkumar Mali for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಕಾಂದಲೆ kandale

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• name variants: ಕಾಂದಲ್ kaandal / ಕಾಂಡಲ kaandala / ಕಂದಾಳ kandaala / ಕಂಡಲೆ kandale / ಕಂಡ್ಲಾ kandla ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• this name is generic for "mangrove"; local folks use it leniently for several plants of mangrove

ನಿಜ ಕಾಂಡ್ಲ nija kaandla, ಓಳ್ಳೇ ಕಾಂಡ್ಲ olle kaandla

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• ನಿಜ nija = true, actual; ಓಳ್ಳೇ olle = good; ಕಾಂಡ್ಲ kaandla = mangrove ... thus these names mean true mangrove, good mangrove

ಉಪ್ಪು ಕಾಂಡ್ಲೆ uppu kandle

• S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library
• ಉಪ್ಪು uppu = salt; ಕಾಂಡ್ಲೆ kandle = mangrove ... thus salt mangrove

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

कांदळं kamdalam

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak ... or कांदळी kamdali
• Glimpses of Biodiversity in Panaji - Goa State Biodiversity Board
• this name is generic for "mangrove"; local folks use it leniently for several plants of mangrove

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

പനച്ചിക്കണ്ടൽ panachikkandal

• Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with the name ... efloraofindia
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

പീക്കണ്ടൽ peekkandal, പ്രാന്തൻ കണ്ടൽ praanthan kandal

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

डुंबी dumbi, कामो kamo

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• Indian Mangroves - ENVIS Resource Partner (RP) on Biodiversity - Botanical Survey of India

कांदळ kandal

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• this name is generic for "mangrove"; local folks use it leniently for several plants of mangrove

कुरनो kurano

• The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ରାଇ ଗଛ rai gachha

• Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

கண்டல் kantal

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• this name is generic for "mangrove"; local folks use it leniently for several plants of mangrove

பேய்க்கண்டல் pey-k-kantal

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

అడవి పొన్న adavi ponna, కండ్ల kandla, మంచి పొన్నmanci ponna, ఉప్పుపొన్న uppu ponna

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• కండ్ల kandla is a generic name for "mangrove"; local folks use it leniently for several plants of mangrove

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಕಾಂಡ್ಲ kaandla

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andaman & Nicobar islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.3; last update June 16th, 2024. Last accessed 21/06/2024.

~~~~~ Last updated: 07:49 24-06-2024 ~~~~~

Rhizophoraceae mangrove tree "Rhizophora mucronata" "Rhizophora latifolia" "Rhizophora longissima" "Rhizophora macrorrhiza" "Asiatic mangrove" "boriti poles" "loop-root mangrove" "red mangrove" "simple cymed mangrove"