Acanthaceae
Mangrove
Avicennia officinalis
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Avicennia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قرام, شورى
- arz
- افيسينيا اوفيسيناليس
- Bangla
- কালো বায়েন, জাত বাইন, বড়ো বাইন
- Burmese
- သမဲ့ပင်
- Chinese
- 印度紅樹, 印度红树
- English
- Mangrove
- Indonesian
- Api-api ludat
- Kannada
- ಉಪ್ರುಂಜ ಗಿಡ
- Malay
- Pokok Api-api Ludat
- Malayalam
- ഉപ്പട്ടി
- mnw
- မှေအ်၊ တၞံ
- Persian
- حرای هندی
- Tamil
- அலையாத்தி
- Thai
- แสมดำ
- Vietnamese
- Mắm đen
Synonyms
- Avicennia obovata Griff.
- Avicennia oepata Buch.-Ham.
- Avicennia officinalis f. flaviflora Kuntze
- Avicennia officinalis f. tomentosa Kuntze
- Avicennia officinalis var. acuminata Domin
- Halodendrum thouarsii Roem. & Schult.
- Racka ovata Roem. & Schult.
- Racka torrida J.F.Gmel.
Photos
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hery Ryazhna Kamila Seputro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Abhishek Rajput, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.