Category: Sonneratia

Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl., Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 261 1897. (syn: Blatti acida (L. f.) Lam.; Rhizophora caseolaris L.; Sonneratia acida L. f.; Sonneratia evenia Blume; Sonneratia neglecta Blume; Sonneratia obovata Blume; Sonneratia ovalis Korth.);  Evergreen trees, to 8 m high; pneumatophores 1 m long and 6 cm diameter, straight, stout, corky, conical, brownish grey […]

Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. ?;     Another Avicenia : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) An Avicenia plant, growing about 4km upstream of Chittagong Port on Karnaphuli River Bank, There is no Mangrove vegetation, the plant hasgrown in isolation, note the Pneumatophores, perhaps required during high tides. From the overall profile it appears like it […]

Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham., Embassy Ava 477 477 1800.;  son-ner-AY-tee-uh — named for French botanist Pierre Sonnerat … Dave’s Botanary a-PET-al-uh — without petals … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: mangrove apple • Bengali: কেওড়া keora • Gujarati: મોટી તવર moti tavar • Marathi: चीपी chipi, कांदळ kandal • Oriya: କେରୁଆଁ keruan • Tamil: மரம மரம் […]

Sonneratia alba Sm., Cycl. 33(I): Sonneratia no. 2 1816. (Syn: Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam.; Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch ex Peters);  son-ner-AY-tee-uh — named for French botanist Pierre Sonnerat … Dave’s Botanary AL-ba — white … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: mangrove apple, sweet-scented apple mangrove • Bengali: সাদাচক কেওড়া sadachak keora • Kannada: ಕರ್ಪು karpu • Konkani: पांढरी […]