✿Verbenaceae · Avicennia
Bina / Indian Mangrove
Avicennia officinalis
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- April-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Avicennia officinalis
- Genus
- Avicennia
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along backwaters and mangrove forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Pacific Ocean
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The shiny green leaves, 10 cm long by 5 cm wide, have rounded apexes and golden-brown under leaf and grow in opposites.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bina 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 Bina itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- baen, बिना bina
- Bengali
- baen, bani, বীনা bina
- Tamil
- வெண்கண்டல் venkantal, அலையாத்தி
- Kannada
- ಉಪ್ಪಾತಿ Uppati, ಕಾಂಡಲ Kaandala, ಮದ Mada
- Malayalam
- ഒറയി orayi, ഉപ്പട്ടി uppatti, ഉപ്പട്ടി
- Marathi
- तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar
About Bina
Indian Mangrove (Avicennia officinalis) is a tree in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 3 other states. It grows in along backwaters and mangrove forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to November.
Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Bina belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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