Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kandelia candel (L.) Druce [Rhizophoraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beras-beras	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cerukantal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cherukantal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaanadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandelia candel whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
kandigala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mempisang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempulut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pisang-pisang laut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pukantal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pukkandal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulut-pulut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rasunia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thuvar kandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thuvar-kandal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuvar-kandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuvarkandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjerou-kandel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeroukandal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kandelia rheedei Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 311 (1834), nom. superfl.
Bruguiera candel Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 231 (1840).
Rhizophora candel L. Sp. Pl.: 443 (1753).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kandelia candei Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Kandelia candel	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Kandelia candel (L.) Druce	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Kandelia rheedei Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Kandelia rheedei Wight and Arn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Kandelia rheedi Wight et Arnott	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Kandelia rheedii Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Kandelia rheedri Wight. Et Arn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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