Typical of the Verbenaceae family
Avicennia marina var. acutissima
Tavir / Grey Mangrove तवीर
Marathi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- May-August
Tavir in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil | Not recorded | kanna, venkandan |
| Kannada | Not recorded | ipati |
| Malayalam | ഒറയി | orayi |
| Marathi | तवीर · तिवर | tavir, tivar |
See the original recorded names
- Tamil
- kanna, venkandan
- Kannada
- ipati
- Malayalam
- ഒറയി orayi
- Marathi
- तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., India, Nicobar Is. Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Avicennia marina subsp. marina. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World.
- Recorded habitat
- Littoral forests
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How to identify Tavir
Identify Tavir by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Pencil-like breathing roots (pneumatophores).
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic, blunt tip.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-August.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tavir.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tavir itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
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.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Tavir belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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