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
- Arrangement
- Variable
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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 belonging to the Combretaceae family (Indian almond family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/opposite simple leaves, spike/raceme/head flower clusters, drupe/winged fruit. It is typically found in mangrove swamps. It occurs across Paleotropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. Its conservation status has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Kadakkandal belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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