Names of Plants in India :: Avicennia marina

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Dinesh Valke

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Avicennia marina

Avicennia marina 

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commonly known as: grey mangrove, white mangrove  Gujarati: તવરિયાં tavariyan, તિવર tivar  Kannada: ipati Malayalam: ഒറയി orayi  Marathi: तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar  Tamil: kanna, venkandan  Telugu: తెల్ల మడ tella mada 

botanical names: Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. ... synonym: Sceura marina Forssk. (basionym) 

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Member of Acanthaceae ... also placed in Avicenniaceae OR Verbenaceae



Kannada- and Tamil- knowing friends may please take a look and validate the names ... also needing them in their native scripts
Not sure if this mangrove plant grows in Orissa and Bengal.


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Dinesh
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