Lythraceae
Sonneratia

Sonneratia caseolaris (L.) Engl.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 261 (1897)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hainan to Tropical Asia and SW. Pacific, N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
  • Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1948-1954). Flora Malesiana 4: 1-631. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Guillaumin, A. (1948). Compendium de la Flore Phanérogamique des Nouvelles Hébrides. Annales de l'Institut Botanico-Geologique de Marseille, VI, 5-6: 1-56.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands. Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Madani, L., et al. [SAN 133823] Malaysia K000566222 No
Sep 3, 2008 Niyomdham; Sriboonma [1566] Thailand K000517805 Yes
Macnae, W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K004334033 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [5689] Sri Lanka K004334027 Yes
Curtis, C. [1084] Malaysia K004334067 Yes
Ashton, P.S. [BRUN5061] Brunei K004334119 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [2012] Sri Lanka K004334028 Yes
Haines, H.H. [3270] Sri Lanka K004334029 Yes
Kadis [A2521] Malaysia K004334116 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [1340] Sri Lanka K004334026 Yes
Hou, D. [603] Malaysia K004334113 Yes
McClelland [s.n.] Burma K004334024 Yes
Williams, R.S. [2802] Philippines K004334183 Yes
Mohd. Hairul, M.A.; Sam, Y.Y. [FRI82416] Malaysia K004334064 Yes
Sinclair, J. [40023] Singapore K004334069 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [4159] Sri Lanka K004334025 Yes
Muller, J. [2] Brunei K004334120 Yes
Yeung, H.Y. [553] Hong Kong K004333999 Yes
Banyeng ak Ludong [S40557] Malaysia K004334114 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [1662] Sri Lanka K004334031 Yes
Amin, Ag. [SAN105228] K004334117 Yes
Price, W.R. [s.n.] Singapore K004334065 Yes
Bray, P.S. [FRI11573] Malaysia K004334068 Yes
Kadis; [Jiran] [A1902(a)] Malaysia K004334118 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [2517] Sri Lanka K004334032 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [2469] Sri Lanka K004334030 Yes
Yahya [21471] Malaysia K004334066 Yes
Balakrishnan, N. [NBK384] Sri Lanka K004334034 Yes
Beccari, O. [1192] Malaysia K004334112 Yes
Cuadra, A. [A1104] Malaysia K004334115 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3641] Sonneratia acida K001110704 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [4442/14253/14219] Indonesia Sonneratia acida K004334123 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3641] Burma Sonneratia acida K001110702 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3641] India Sonneratia acida K001110707 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3641] Malaysia Sonneratia acida K001110706 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3641] Burma Sonneratia acida K001110703 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3641] Sonneratia acida K001110705 Unknown Type Material Yes

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    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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