kan-duh-LEE-uh -- from Malabar name of the plant,
kantal (ക്കണ്ടൽ)
KAN-del -- from Malabar name of the plant,
kantal (ക്കണ്ടൽ)
commonly known as: candel mangrove, dichotomous-cymed mangrove, narrow-leaved kandelia •
Bengali: গোরিয়া goria •
Gujarati: ગોરિયા goriya •
Kannada: ಕಾಂದಳೆ kaandale •
Konkani: कांदळ kandal •
Malayalam:ചെറുക്കണ്ടൽ cheru-kantal, എഴുത്താണിക്കണ്ടൽ eluttanikkantal, ക്കണ്ടൽ kantal •
Marathi: कांदळ kandal •
Odia: ରସୁଣିଆ rasunia •
Tamil: கண்டல் kantal, பூக்கண்டல் pu-k-kantal, துவர்க்கண்டல் tuvar-k-kantal •
Telugu: కందిగల kandigala, తువరకందన్ thuvarkandan
botanical names:
Kandelia candel (L.) Druce ...
homotypic synonyms:
Rhizophora candel L. ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Bruguiera candel Steud. •
Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ...
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Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
candel mangrove
dichotomous-cymed mangrove
- for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
narrow-leaved kandelia
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
গোরিয়া goria
- Many thanks to Dr Tapas Chakrabarty for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ GUJARAT ~~~~~
ગોરિયા goriya
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕಾಂದಳೆ kaandale
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
कांदळ kandal
- name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
- कांदळ or कांदेल ... kandal or kandel or variants of this name; the genus name Kandelia as well as the epithet candel is derived from this name given in most of the languages in peninsular India, for mangrove in general, or its timber
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ചെറുക്കണ്ടൽ cheru-kantal, ക്കണ്ടൽ kantal
- Many thanks to Sandhya Sasidharan for help with these names ... efloraofindia
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- for Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn. ... A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
- ക്കണ്ടൽ ... kantal or kandal
or variants of this name, is a name given for mangrove in general, or
its timber, in most of the languages in peninsular India; the genus name
Kandelia as well as the epithet candel is derived from this Malabar name