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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree, Heritiera Fomes (H. minor), found on the coasts of Burma and Borneo, and very abundant in the delta of the Ganges, there, according to some, giving name to the wild tracts called the Sundarbans.
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The entire mangrove forest extends over an area of 4,262 km2, of which 2,320 km2 is forest and the rest is water, and is called Sundarban owing to the dominance of the tree species Heritiera fomes, locally known as 'sundari' because of its elegance.
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Anon, the Sundarbans are named after the 'sundari' (mangrove) trees that grow in the forests.
Sundarbans 2006
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Soft mud, which is submerged by the tides, supports a dense forest, very similar in composition to salt-water Heritiera forest except that sundari and golpata are virtually absent.
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Visit to Krishna Mandir (Temple) the royal bath called Tushahity in the center of sundari chowk a master - pike of stone architecture.
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