About Apple Mangrove
Sonneratia alba is a mangrove tree in the family Lythraceae. The specific epithet alba is from the Latin meaning 'white', referring to the flowers.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sonneratia alba
- Genus
- Sonneratia
- Family
- SONNERATIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Mangrove forests
- Distribution
- India, Andamans (India), Madagascar, SE. Continental Asia to N. Australia, Ryu Kyu Islands, Micronesia, Solaman Islands, The new Hebrides, New Calidonia
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Bengali
- সাদাচক কেওড়া Sadachak Keora
- Kannada
- ಕರ್ಪು Karpu
- Malayalam
- ചക്കരക്കണ്ടൽ Chakkara-Kantal, നക്ഷത്രക്കണ്ടൽ Nakshathrakkandal, സൊന്നറേഷിയ അൽബ
- Marathi
- कर्पु Karpu, पांढरी चिप्पी Pandhari Chippi
Botanical family
Sonneratiaceae
Apple Mangrove Family
Apple Mangrove belongs to the Sonneratiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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