Flora of Andaman Islands

Pterocarpus dalbergioides, the Andaman padauk, Andaman redwood or East Indian mahogany, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is sometimes called "narra", but this is just a generic term used for any of several Pterocarpus species. It is native to the Andaman Islands.

Garcinia cadelliana is a critically endangered species of small tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is found only on the South Andaman Island of India.

Ficus andamanica is a species of fig tree in the family Moraceae. The tree is endemic to the Andaman Islands, a territorial part of India located off the Burmese coast. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wendlandia andamanica is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Syzygium andamanicum is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands and is threatened by habitat loss due urban and agricultural expansion.

Pteroceras muriculatum is an endemic endangered orchid reported from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. This insular orchid was first described by Reichenbach in 1881 as Thrixspermum muriculatum Rchb. f. based on a few specimens procured during the latter part of 19th century by Mr W. Bull. This taxon has not been reported until 2005 after the type collection. During the floristic survey of South Andaman Islands carried out by Sam Mathew for the 'Flora India Project' of the Botanical Survey of India, this taxon was relocated in 1993 from the semievergreen forests at Chidiyatappu

Pinanga andamanensis is one of the critically endangered species of endemic palms reported from the Andaman Islands. This insular species was first described by Odoardo Beccari in 1934, based on an old herbarium collection procured by E. H. Man during the latter part of the 19th century. After the type collection by E. H. Man this species had not been reported and was thought to be extinct from these group of Islands until 1992. While working on the flora of Mount Harriet National Park hill ranges, Pinanga andamanensis was rediscovered by Mathew & Malick of the Botanical Survey of India after

Pubistylus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Its native range is Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Species: Pubistylus andamanensis Thoth.

Neonauclea gageana is a species of large tree in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the Middle and South Andaman Islands of India where it was collected in the 19th century. It has not been recorded since.

Cyperus kurzii is a species of sedge that is endemic to the Andaman Islands. The species was first formally described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke in 1884.

Zeuxine rolfeana is a deciduous terrestrial orchid belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae. It is found in South Andaman Island. Its name is also spelt Zeuxine rolfiana.

Pseudodiplospora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It includes a single species, Pseudodiplospora andamanica, a shrub endemic to Saddle Peak in the north Andaman Islands.

Korthalsia rogersii is an endangered endemic rattan species, thought to be extinct from the insular habitat of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean until 1993. Korthalsia rogersii was first described by Odoardo Beccari in 1918 based on two herbarium field specimens collected by C. G. Rogers in 1904 from the South Andaman Island. This species was known only from these two collections until 1993. Sam Mathew and Pakshirajan Lakshminarasinhan (Botanical Survey of India) were able to find the species again at Chidiyatapu forests of the South Andamans after a gap of about 100 years. Live

Rotala andamanensis is a lesser-known endemic wetland plant species of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal belonging to the family Lythraceae. The type locality of this species is Wright Myo, the southern slope of the Mount Harriet Hill ranges. This is a rather rare species found to occur along the wetland area of the region. The specimens were originally collected by Balakrishnan of the Botanical Survey of India and described by Sam Mathew and Lakshminarashimhan of the same institution in 1992.

Jasminum andamanicum is an endangered endemic wild ornamental species described in 1981 from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal from two old collections by Dr King's Collector in 1894 and another one by C. E. Parkinson in 1914 deposited at CAL and PBL. This species has not been recorded from the islands until 1991 by Mathew and Abraham from Shoal Bay. This species is an evergreen component of the lowland evergreen forests of Andaman Islands. It found to grow alonge the forest edges with ample sunlight.

Kayea manii is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only on South Andaman Island in India. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Salacia reticulata is a flowering plant of the genus Salacia native to Sri Lanka, the Andaman Islands, and India. As a liana, it grows and climbs among branches in wet tropical forests. In some countries, S. reticulata extracts are used in foods or as dietary supplements in the unproven belief they may be therapies for diabetes or obesity. Although its extracts are used in Indian traditional medicine with the intent to treat diabetes, obesity or other diseases, there is no good clinical evidence that such extracts are effective or safe as a therapy for any disease.

Mangifera andamanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The fruits are edible and smaller than the Common Mango. This species is conserved at the Field Gene bank of Jawaharlal Neheru Tropical Botanic Garden and research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

Aerides emericii is a species of epiphytic orchid. It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal (politically part of India though closer to Myanmar, Thailand and Sumatra).

Sphyranthera is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus of its tribe (Sphyranthereae). It was first described in 1887. The entire genus is endemic to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, politically part of India but geographically closer to Myanmar. Species Sphyranthera airyshawii Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao - N Andaman Islands Sphyranthera lutescens (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. - N Nicobar Islands + C Andaman Islands

Ormosia travancorica is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is reasonably common in the South Sahyadri and rare in the Coorg Region of Central Sahyadri. The canopy trees in wet evergreen forests, which generally extend up to 800 m, sometimes extend up to 1200 m in the southern Ghats.

Mimusops andamanensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands.

Bentinckia nicobarica is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to lowland tropical forests of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, where it occurs mainly in the Nicobar Islands and in parts of the southern Andaman Islands. Owing to its restricted range, small and fragmented populations and continuing habitat loss it is assessed as an Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. The species is sometimes known in English as the Nicobar palm.

Mastixia tetrandra is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka where it is known as දියතලිය (diyathaliya) by local people.

Gomphandra comosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Stemonuraceae. It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Calophyllum austroindicum is a species of plant belonging to the genus Calophyllum of the family Calophyllaceae, commonly called the Cheru pinnai or kattupunna. This plant grows in the wet forests of the Western Ghats in India and is also found in the northern Andaman Islands.

Porpax jerdoniana is a species of orchid in the genus Porpax.

Myristica andamanica is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Recent studies by Waman and Bohra (2020) suggested that the seeds can regenerate on their own if they remain undisturbed in soil and favourable microclimatic conditions are available. However, to ensure regular production of seedlings, assisted regeneration was recommended. Retention of seed hull and use of sinking seeds gives high germination percentage. Soaking of seeds in water for 24 h prior to sowing improved germination.

Litsea leiantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to South Andaman Island, an island in the Indian Ocean. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Etlingera fenzlii is a species of monocotyledonous plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, and got its current name from Škornick. and M.Sabu. The species' distribution area is the Nicobar Islands. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.