Nice contrasting post Dinesh ji the leaf shape difference is well noted from that of *A marina* ... Tanay
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Acanthaceae (acanthus or ruellia family) » *Avicennia officinalis* (syn. > *Avicennia > obovata*) > ... also placed in Avicenniaceae, Verbenaceae > > > av-ih-SEN-ee-uh -- named for Avicinna (Ibn Sina), Persian > physician-philosopher > oh-fiss-ih-NAH-liss -- official (used in pharmacological sense) > > *commonly known as*: Indian mangrove, white mangrove • Bengali: বীনা bina > • Hindi: bina • Kannada: ipati, uppati • Konkani: upati • Malayalam: ഒറയി > orayi, ഉപ്പട്ടി uppatti • Marathi: तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar • Sanskrit: > सागरोद्भुतः sagarodbhutah, सागरोदुर्ग sagarodurga, तिमिरः timirah • Tamil: > வெண்கண்டல் venkantal • Telugu: తెల్లమడచెట్టు tellamadacettu > > > *References*: > • Flowers of India ... > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Mangrove.html > • The Trees of Mumbai by M Almeida & N Chaturvedi > • Floristic Survey of Institute of Science ... > http://iscmumbai.maharashtra.gov.in/floristic%20survey.html > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Views attached from: > ... Vasai creek near Vaghbil > > > More views at: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Avicennia+officinalis&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
