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Let's know more about ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ this #WorldMangroveDay2020. For coming one week, I shall be sharing about these unique plants.@ParveenKaswan @deespeak @susantananda3 @RandeepHooda @narendramodi @LicypriyaK @ZebaZoariahAhsa
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Name says it all, its a beautiful tall tree. Name โSunderbansโis said to be derived from this.
Its beautiful small bell shaped flowers have cream colored petals which are reddish inside.
Bears roundish thin woody fruit with ridges along length&breadth.
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Home to tigers, its name is apt which means โroarโ. 
Also known as mangrove on stilts. Long umbrella shaped stilt roots provide a broad solid base helping keep it stable even in loose sand.
Aerial โknee rootsโ help entire underground root system breathe.
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Leaf turns reddish-orange in colour with maturity.
Stem exudes white colored alkaloid if punctured or if leaves are torn. This poisonous latex is harmful for both human eyes and skin.
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As name suggests, it has a blackish coloured tree trunk.
It is one of the very few dominant and salt-tolerant species, which acts as a natural bio-shield against rising salinity and sea levels.
Flower is yellow in color with four petals.
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Leaf is the broadest among its family species (Avicennia) found in Sunderbans. 
Petals have outer white side and yellow inner side.
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Word โKaranjaโ is found in ancient Buddhist & Hindu texts, where it is name of a tree used in medicinal preparations.Similarly, everything of Karanja Bain, from its bark to egg-shaped fruits have found extensive use in traditional medicine.
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Tok in Bengali means โsourโ. Since fruits of Tok Keora are rich in Vitamin C, hence it is named this.Thick leaves hang downwards and have same color both sides (upper, under).
Calyx of flower is star shaped, hard, green, and four in number.
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Chak in Bengali means โwheelโ. Its edible fruit looks like wheel from top which is roundish in shape while being tapered in the middle.
Fruit is cooked and used as condiment to flavor curries.
Fermented fruit juice relieves bleeding/haemorrhage.
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Kankra in Bengali means โcrabโ. Red bell-shaped calyx of flower is divided into number of strips which resemble to the legs of crab. 
Small orange petals of flower almost remain invisible as they remain within the calyx.Robust in nature, adapts well.
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Bokul in Bengali means โbudโ. Though similar in shape to that of Kankra, its flowers are very small in size. Even when full grown, appears like a bud.Calyx is yellowish green and petals are butter yellow in color.
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Math,in Bengal, is place of worship. It is also known for their unique Bengal roof architecture.These mangroves resemble Math in shape.
It develops profusely branched root system. Main stem flattens near the ground which appears like buttresses.
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Jhamti may have been derived from Hindi word jamat meaning โgroupโ. They grow in cluster & give an appearance that young trees are growing together, though in reality they are matured.
Fruits and flowers are pretty similar to that of Math Goran.
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Dhundhul is also known as โcannon ballโ tree as it bears big round shaped fruits which turns woody and reddish brown when matured.
It is known for its best quality timber used for making furniture, umbrella handle, flower vase, and carvings.
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Pashur in Bengali translates to โanimalsโ. Also, its a name of river in Sunderbans region of Bangladesh. So, the name of mangrove may have association with any of these.Looks similar to Dhundhul tree but can be distinguished by the color of leaf.
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Also called Black mangrove, River mangrove, & Goat's horn mangrove.
Also, Khalsi (Bengali) translates to โredemptionโ. This may have association with toxic chemical saponin found in tree which is used in fisheries to clear out unwanted fishes & crabs.
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Tora, in Bengali, translates to โstarโ. Since this mangrove bears white, small, star-shaped flowers; it might have been named Tora. 
Its shining leaves have high density of salt glands. Therefore, dried leaves were used to prepare table salts.
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Hental is derived from a Sanskrit word Hintฤla meaning โmarshland date palmโ where Hin stands for short (palm) and tฤla for marsh. It is also known as Sea Dates.It is also called Tiger palm as it provides Big cats perfect camouflage. #WorldTigerDay2020
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Golpata is named so as it has Pata (leaf in Hindi) very similar to that of Gola (coconut in Hindi) tree. Though called โMangrove Palmโ, it is only moderately salt tolerant and prefers brackish waters of estuaries.
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This โwhite flowered black mangroveโ is a pretty plant having spoon shaped leaves.It develops pneumatophores and often has stilt roots.
Its woody fruit contains only one seed.
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Commonly known as Indian tulip tree is able to grow in wide range of soil types present in coastal environments.
It is also known as โAden Apple treeโ as flowers are followed by apple-shaped fruit.
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Shak in Bengali refers to green leafy vegetable called spinach. Similarly Giriya Shak is consumed as a green leafy vegetable.
Generally donot grow more than one and half feet in height.
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As its name suggests, nona shak, is consumed as green leafy vegetable.Due to its high salt content, it is also used as a seasoning with other foods.
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Only mangrove terrestrial fern is commonly known as โGolden Leather Fernโ owingto its matured reddish aand dark brown elongated leaves. Grows in upper reaches of tidal zone, perticularly, from where tidal water has retreated.
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Dhani Ghas is named so as this grass (ghas) belongs to the paddy (dhani) family. A pioneer species of mangrove excretes salt crystals through its leaves.
Roots are preferred food of wild boars and even rhesus monkey.
