Family – Avicenniaceae – 1 genus in Sri Lanka

27.01. AVICENNIA L.

A.marina (Forssk.) Vierh. T:kannamaram, kanna, vendanda, venkandal

A.officinalis L. E:white mangrove T:kanna, upatha

Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.  Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA

Genus Avicennia,

Avicennia sp , Family-Avicennniaceae , Common name-Kanna කන්න , Origin-Native , Habit-Small tree , Ecology-Salt water tidal mudflats ,Comment-Two species.