Hi Prasad ji, This seems to be Aegiceras corniculatum popularly know as river mangrove. best regards Adittya
--- On Sat, 12/3/11, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com> wrote: From: prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com> Subject: [efloraindia:97391] [Efloraofindia_ Aegialitis rotundifolia_ 031211PD04_ Flora of Odisha] To: "Indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Date: Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1:32 PM Dear members sending the photograph of Aegialitis rotundifolia from Bhitarkanika Name of the species: Aegialitis rotundifolia (NEAR THREATENED) Family:PLUMBAGINACEAE Place of collection: Bhitarkanika, Kendrapada, Odisha Habit: Shrub upto 2.5 m high Habitat: Wild, mud flat above tidal zone in Habalikhati, Bhitarkanika Regards prasad -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com ph. 09437444241