Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

• Botanical Name : Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam.
• Synonyms : Rhizophora gymnorrhiza L.
• Common Name : Kakra, Burma Mangrove, Black Mangrove
• Plant Family : Rhizophoraceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Plant :

• Habit : A Big Tree.
• Roots : Negatively geotropic roots called pneumatophores present.
• Leaves : Opposite, coriaceous, entire, acute, base cuneate, stipules interpetiolar, caducous.
• Flowers :
  • Axillary. Calyx campanulate, orange-yellow, ribbed, lobes 10-14, inner surface keeled.
  • Petals 10-14, bilobed, convolute at base, episepalous.Stamens 20-28, 2 opposite each petals, filaments alternately long and short, anthers linear, acute.
  • Ovary inferior.
• Fruit : Obconic, coriaceous, 1-celled, protruding radicle, fusiform, growing to a foot before falling.
• Seed : One, pendulous.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : December-May
• Significance : The bark yields tannin and wood is very hard.