via Species <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > B <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/b> > *Bruguiera gymnorrhiza** *(L.) Savigny* * [image: Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Savigny]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/5928832707/>
[image: Flowers of India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Burma%20Mangrove.html>[image: Discussions at efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Bruguiera%20gymnorrhiza>[image: more views in flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bruguieragymnorrhiza&m=tags&z=m>[image: more views on Google Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Bruguieragymnorrhiza&format=kml_nl> *broog-wee-ER-a* -- named for Jean Guillaume Bruguiere, French biologist and explorer *jim-no-RY-zuh* -- from the Greek *gymnos* (naked) and *rhiza* (root) *commonly known as*: black mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/black-mangrove> , Burma mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/burma-mangrove> , large-leafed mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/large-leafed-mangrove> , oriental mangrove<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/oriental-mangrove> • *Bengali*: kankra<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/kankra> ,natinga<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/bengali/natinga> • *Gujarati*: સનવર sanavar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/gujarati/sanavara-sanavar> • *Kannada*: ಕೊಳಚೆ ಗಿಡ kolache gida<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kolace-gida-kolache-gida> • *Konkani*: इंप्ळी impli<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/konkani/impli-impli> • *Malayalam*: കണ്ടല് kantal<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/malayalam/kantal-kantal> • *Marathi*: झुंबर zumbar<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/jhumbara-zumbar> • *Oriya*: banduri<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/oriya/banduri> • *Tamil*: sigapukokandam<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/tamil/sigapukokandam> • *Telugu*: దుద్దుపొన్న dudduponna<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/telugu/dudduponna-dudduponna> *botanical names*: *Bruguiera gymnorrhiza* (L.) Savigny ... *synonyms*: *Bruguiera conjugata* auct. • *Rhizophora gymnorhiza* L. (basionym) Regards. Dinesh