via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > A <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a> > *Avicennia officinalis* [image: Avicennia officinalis]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2681686409%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze4biz39T7SIF7Yuq1uY_mzys3Q3w>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FIndian%2520Mangrove.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfY1PgeGrJtU_judC7kNiOT-3PzGg>[image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Avicennia$20officinalis>[image: more views in flickr]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DAvicenniaofficinalis%26w%3D91314344%2540N00%26m%3Dtags&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfKYFThu2BxEH8VmBsJMc_7liZjqA>[image: more views on Google Earth]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DAvicenniaofficinalis%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdcDzYGoPLTzRM6a307fIBybvOfkg> *commonly known as*: Indian mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/indian-mangrove> , white mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/white-mangrove> • *Bengali*: baen<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/baen> , bani<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/bani> , বীনা bina<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/bina-bina> • *Gujarati*: baklananjhad<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/baklananjhad> ,ચેરિયાં cheriyan<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/ceriya-cheriya> , તવર tavar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/tavara-tavar> , તવરિયાં tavariyan<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/tavariya> , તિમર timar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/timara-timar> • *Hindi*: baen<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/baen> , बिना bina<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/bina-bina> • *Kannada*: ipati<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/ipati> , uppati<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/uppati> • *Konkani*:upati<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/upati> • *Malayalam*: ഒറയി orayi<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/orayi-orayi> , ഉപ്പട്ടി uppatti<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/uppatti-uppatti> • *Marathi*: तवीर tavir<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/tavira-tavir> , तिवर tivar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/tivara-tivar> • *Sanskrit*: सागरोद्भुतः sagarodbhutah<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/sagarodbhutah-sagarodbhutah> ,सागरोदुर्ग sagarodurga<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/sagarodurga-sagarodurga> , तिमिरः timirah<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/sanskrit/timirah-timirah> • *Tamil*: வெண்கண்டல் venkantal<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/venkantal-venkantal> • *Telugu*: తెల్ల మడ tella mada <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/tella-mada-tella-mada> *botanical names*: *Avicennia officinalis* L. ... *synonyms*: *Avicennia obovata* Griff. • *Avicennia oepata* Buch.-Ham. •*Avicennia tomentosa* Willd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Member of Acanthaceae ... also placed in Avicenniaceae OR Verbenaceae Regards. Dinesh
