Heritiera macrophylla

Heritiera macrophylla Wall. ex Voigt, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 61 1873. (syn: Amygdalus macrophylla (Wall. ex Voigt) Kuntze); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya), Indochina, Myanmar [Burma], N-Thailand, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Large Leaf Looking Glass Mangrove • Bengali: সুংদৰী Sundari   MS Nov.,2019/20 Heritiera sp. for […]

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Heritiera papilio

Heritiera papilio Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India t. 218 1872. (syn: Amygdalus papilio (Bedd.) Kuntze; Heritiera acuminata Wall. ex Voigt; Heritiera vespertilio Bedd. ex Kurz); . India: Tropical evergreen forests of E. India and S. Western Ghats up to 1500 m. Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Bangladesh as per BSI flora of […]

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Heritiera fomes

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham., Embassy ed. 2, 3: 319 1800. (Syn: Amygdalus minor (Roxb.) Kuntze; Balanopteris minor Gaertn.; Fometica punctata Raf.; Heritiera minor (Gaertn.) Roxb.); India: Among mangroves in West Bengal (Sunderbans) and Orissa; Bangladesh and Myanmar (Irrawaddyy delta) as per BSI Flora of India; Sundari: Heritiera fomes in flower […]

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Heritiera littoralis

Heritiera littoralis Aiton , Hort. Kew. 3: 546 1789. (syn: Amygdalus litoralis (Dryand.) Kuntze; Balanopteris tothila Gaertn.; Heritiera minor Bojer; Samadera littoralis (Dryander) Oken (Unresolved); Sutherlandia littoralis J.F.Gmel. (Unresolved)); . India: Mangrove forests of West Bengal, Orissa, extending inland up to Meghalaya, in south Western Ghats, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Coasts of […]

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