Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Avicennia officinalis
Scientific Name and Description
Avicennia officinalis L.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Avicennia obovata Griff.
Avicennia oepata Buch.-Ham.
Avicennia officinalis var. acuminata Domin
Avicennia officinalis f. flaviflora Kuntze
Avicennia officinalis f. tomentosa Kuntze
Halodendrum thouarsii Roem. & Schult.
Racka ovata Roem. & Sc
Avicennia oepata Buch.-Ham.
Avicennia officinalis var. acuminata Domin
Avicennia officinalis f. flaviflora Kuntze
Avicennia officinalis f. tomentosa Kuntze
Halodendrum thouarsii Roem. & Schult.
Racka ovata Roem. & Sc
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common name | Indian mangrove |
| Hindi | bina |
| Kannada | ipathi, ipati, kaandal, kandaale, kandal, mada, uppathi, uppati |
| Malayalam | oepata, oepatu, orei, uppukutti, upputti, uri, urppam |
| Marathi | tivar, tiwar, upali |
| Sanskrit | sagarodbhutah, sagarodhurga, thavara, timirah, tivariya, tuvara, tuvaraka |
| Tamil | kandal, kantal4, kantil, kantukam, karungarudal, madaipattai, matappattai, nallamada, upatba, upatha, upattha, uppattam, uppukkurri, uppukkutti, vengandal, venkantal |
| Telugu | eriva, erivogu, gundumada, mada, madda, meda, nalla mada, nallamada, tellamada, thellamada |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
References
Literature
Literature
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Avicennia officinalis. (2023, July 21). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicennia_officinalis