rhizophora MUCRONATA Lam.
| Synonym : | Mangium candelarium Rumphius Rhizophora candelaria Wight & Arn. Rhizophora longissima Blanco Rhizophora macrorrhiza Griff. Rhizophora mucronata Poir. |
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| Bangla Name : | Kamo, Hao, Bhora, Bhara, Jhanna, Bara Goran, Garjan (Sundarban), Hawa (Chakaria Sundarbans). |
| English Name : | Mangrove. |
| Family : | Rhizophoraceae |
| Disease : | Astringent,haemorrhage, haematuria, angina and diabetes. |
| Description : | A medium-sized, evergreen tree with long much branched stilt roots. Leaves oval to elliptic, oblong, 9-16 cm long, coriaceous. Flowers in 2-7 flowered axillary peduncled cymes, calyx 1.3-1.6 cm long, petals white, shorter than the calyx-lobe, densely villous on the margins. Fruit 4-6 cm long, ovoid with a short narrow apex, the extracted radical may attain more than 60 cm long before falling. |
| Distribution : | Sundarbans and Chakaria sundarbans. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains tannins. Leaves contain cholesterol. Roots contain inorganic cations and anions and some organic acids, e.g. oxalic (major), fumaric, tartaric and citric acids. 25-S-spirost-5-ene-23- ?, 14- ? -diol has been isolated from this plant (Ghani, |
| Uses : | Barks are powerful astringent, useful in haemorrhage, haematuria, and angina and as a cure for diabetes. It relieves severe backache. |
| Habit : | Tree |