About Sonneratia Mangrove
Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae. The genus was also named Blatti by James Edward Smith, but Sonneratia had botanical nomenclature priority. Sonneratia species are mangrove trees.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sonneratia apetala
- Genus
- Sonneratia
- Family
- SONNERATIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Tidal forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- কেওড়া Keora, কেওড়া
- Tamil
- மரமா மரம் Marama Maram
- Marathi
- चीपी Chipi, तिवार Tivar, चिपी
Sonneratiaceae
Apple Mangrove Family
Sonneratia Mangrove belongs to the Sonneratiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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