Kadakkandal / White-Flowered Black Mangrove
Lumnitzera racemosa
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lumnitzera racemosa
- Genus
- Lumnitzera
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Mangrove swamps
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kadakkandal itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- কিরপা kirpa, কিরপা, কৃপাল
- Tamil
- தீப்பரத்தை tipparathai
- Kannada
- ತಂಡಾರ thandaara
- Malayalam
- കടക്കണ്ടൽ kadakkandal, കടകണ്ടൽ
- Marathi
- किर्पा kirpa, किर्पा
About Kadakkandal
White-Flowered Black Mangrove (Lumnitzera racemosa) is a tree in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 2 other states. It grows in mangrove swamps. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture, a source of dye or tannin and burnt as firewood or charcoal.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Kadakkandal belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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