| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rhizophoraceae |
| Synonym | Rhizophora gymnorrhiza L. |
| Synonym_2 | Bruguiera conjugata Merr. |
| Local Name | Kandal |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bole occasionally buttressed, underground roots producing numerous knee roots; bark greyish to black, roughly fissured, lenticellate, glabrous, reddish-green, with conspicuous, narrow brown stipular scar encircling the node. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, stipulate; stipules interpetiolar, 3.5-5 cm long, reddish; petiole 20-45 mm long, terete, stout, grooved above, reddish, glabrous; lamina 6-17 x 3-7.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate, apex acute, coriaceous, glabrous, reddish-green above, pale green beneath; lateral nerves 9-12 pairs, flowers reddish-pink, fruit a drupe 2-2.5 cm long, reddish-green; seed one, cylindric, with a blunt tip, surface slightly ridged, green with brownish tinge. |