River Mangrove
Aegiceras corniculatum
Also known as Black Mangrove
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About River Mangrove
Aegiceras corniculatum, commonly known as black mangrove, river mangrove, goat's horn mangrove, or khalsi, is a species of shrub or tree mangrove in the primrose family, Primulaceae, with a distribution in coastal and estuarine areas ranging from India through South East Asia to southern China, New Guinea and Australia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aegiceras corniculatum
- Genus
- Aegiceras
- Family
- MYRSINACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Mangrove forests and marshy areas
- Distribution
- Tropical shores from Pakistan to Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-September
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- हलसी halsi
- Bengali
- খলশী khalsi, খলশী, Khalsi
- Tamil
- நரிக்கண்டல் narikandal
- Kannada
- ಕಂಜಾಲ kanjala, ಶೂಲಿ shooli
- Malayalam
- പൂക്കണ്ടൽ pukantal, പൂക്കണ്ടൽ, Aegiceras corniculatum
- Marathi
- चीप cheep, काजळा kajala, चीप
Botanical family
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine Family
River Mangrove belongs to the Myrsinaceae family.
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