Table 4 Tree and shrub species of the Godavari mangroves and their reported multiple uses by the fishermen of the riverine villages.
| Â | Â | USES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | fuelwood (Fig. 2c) | construction wood | fodder (Fig. 2e) | boat repair | poles for nets/anchor | other uses |
BOTANICAL NAME | VERNACULAR NAMES IN TELUGU* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Aegiceras corniculatum | Guggilam, Dudumara | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | fish poison |
Avicennia alba | Gundu mada, Vilava mada | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no reports |
Avicennia marina | Tella mada | 100 | 60 | 11 | 9 | 2 | no reports |
Avicennia officinalis | Nalla mada | 85 | 36 | 4 | <1 | 0 | no reports |
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza | Thuddu ponna, Uredi | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | no reports |
Ceriops decandra | Gatharu, Thogara | 3 | 16 | <1 | 0 | 0 | dye/tannin for fishing nets (Fig. 2d) |
Excoecaria agallocha | Tilla, Tella, Chilla | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | no reports |
Lumnitzera racemosa | Thanduga, Kadavi, Kadivi, Than | 17 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 0 | no reports |
Rhizophora apiculata | Uppu ponna, Kaaki ponna | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | no reports |
Rhizophora mucronata | Uppu ponna | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | no reports |
Sonneratia apetala | Kalinga (Chinna), Kyalanki | 1 | <1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no reports |
Sonneratia caseolaris | Kalinga (Peda), Kandia | 1 | <1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | no reports |
Xylocarpus granatum | Chenuga | <1 | <1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | no reports |