Sundari trees, after which the mangrove forest is named, are now on the brink of extinction in West Bengal due to excessive logging in the past for its high value wood and now with seawater rise.

Sundarbans gets its name from the sundari mangrove trees. The largest mangrove in India is also home to the endangered Gangetic dolphin, Bengal tiger, saltwater crocodile, Olive Ridley turtles and ...

Analysis of satellite images from the past three decades shows a diminishing number of Sundari trees and they are as elusive as the most celebrated resident here - the Royal Bengal Tiger ...

Kolkata: Sundari trees, the most extensively found mangrove species in the Sunderbans, have some components which can bring down the level of Type 2 diabetes, according to a study. Conducted over ...

The duo say they have also found four other species of rare mangrove trees in the adjoining areas of Sindhudurg. "The Sindhudurg habitat also supports Xylocarpus granatum, Cynometra iripa ...

The entire mangrove forest is called Sundarban owing to the dominance of the tree species Heritiera fomes, locally known as sundari because of its elegance. Sundarban flora is characterized by of 26 ...

Pollution in lower stretches of the Ganges will have an adverse effect on the biodiversity of Sundarbans — one of the world’s richest mangrove forest ecosystems, scientists tell Namita Singh ...

The roots of the sundari, the mangrove species for which the forest is named, stick out of the mud like fingers of the dead. Tigers leave their prints in the ground.

Sundari trees, the most extensively found mangrove species in the Sunderbans, have some components which can bring down the level of Type 2 diabetes, according to a study Kolkata: Sundari trees ...