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Ceriops decandra (Griff.)
Ding Hou
Shrub or small tree, upto 4 m high, erect branches formed its canopy conical, leaf-scar marks present on the branches Aerial roots forming shallow buttress or root knees in the trunk base, leaves simple, opposite, obovate, caducous, rounded apex, dark gree, glabrous Flowers 2-3 chotomous, in condensed axillary cyme Fruit length 1.0 - 1.5 cm, blunt apically and hypocotyle length upto 16 cm Germication epigeal, viviparous Hypocotyle with sharply ridges and warted towards apex. Economic Importance : Used as cottage
poles, pillers, pile and fuel woods.
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