✿Verbenaceae · Avicennia
Tavir / Grey Mangrove
Avicennia marina var. acutissima
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- May-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Avicennia marina var. acutissima
- Genus
- Avicennia
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Littoral forests
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic, blunt tiprecorded
- Leaf surface
- Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tavir itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tavir itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- kanna, venkandan
- Kannada
- ipati
- Malayalam
- ഒറയി orayi
- Marathi
- तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar
About Tavir
Grey Mangrove (Avicennia marina var. acutissima) is a shrub in the Verbenaceae family. It grows in littoral forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to August.
Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Tavir belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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