• Avicennia marina is also called Banhi in Odia. It is one of the most prominent mangroves species found in all mangrove formations in India. 

• Features: It is a salt-secreting and extraordinarily salt-tolerant mangrove species that grows optimally in 75% seawater and tolerates >250% seawater. 
• Significance: It is among the rare plant species which can excrete 40% of the salt through the salt glands in the leaves, besides its extraordinary capacity to exclude salt entry to the roots. 

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