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Sonneratia alba Sm.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Sonneratia alba |
| Family name: |
LYTHRACEAE
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| English name: |
Sweet Scented Apple Mangrove
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| Sinhala name: |
Kirilla (කිරිල්ල)
Kirala (කිරල)
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| Conservation status: |
EN - Endangered - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
A bush or small tree of mangroves, twigs cylindrical, with prominent upwardly growing pneumatophores emerging from the system of cable roots. Leaves 3-1- cm long; petiole very short. Flowers large; calyx narrowly 6- or more parted, over 2 cm long, inside the calyx lobes red; petals 5, persistent. Fruit about 2 cm wide, supported on much enlarged calyx, which forms a cup round the base, about 4 cm wide.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
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