Bana Ruar
Aegialitis rotundifolia
Aquatic Plants Difficulty: Moderate
📖 About this plant
Aegialitis rotundifolia (mangrove club tree or ‘Bana Ruar’/’Banarua’ in Odia) is a small mangrove shrub/tree of the Plumbaginaceae family — unusual as most Plumbaginaceae are herbaceous. The plant has characteristic rounded succulent leaves that excrete salt through special glands (salt-excretor mangrove adaptation). It is found in the Sundarbans and other Indian mangrove forests. The plant produces pneumatophores for gas exchange in waterlogged mangrove mud.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Full sun
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Water
Brackish mangrove water
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Humidity
High
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Temperature
20-35°C
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Soil
Mangrove mud
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Fertilizer
Not required
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Sundarbans mangroves, India and Bangladesh
- 📏 Max height
- 3-6 m
- 📐 Spread
- 2-3 m
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring (white flowers in clusters)
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Evergreen rounded succulent leaves
- ⏳ Lifespan
- 30+ years
- 📈 Growth rate
- Slow
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic
- 🌱 Propagation
- Seeds, propagules
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic
Common issues
- Habitat loss, top-dying from salinity changes
💡 Care tips
- Mangrove species — requires brackish habitat. Conservation priority in Sundarbans.
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