The exact range of this species is unknown and there is little other information known about the habitat and ecology. As with other mangrove species, there have most likely been localized and regional declines due to coastal development and extraction. However, it has a very wide distribution, large population, and although it is experiencing threats which are likely to be driving population declines, the range of uncertainty is not such that the possible categories stretch from Least Concern to Critically Endangered, therefore an assessment of Data Deficient is not supported. This species is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

The distribution of this species is not well known. It is found in India, the Sundamans, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar. In Australasia the species is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Although there is no species specific population information, it can be assumed that there are areas of population decline throughout its range due to coastal development.

This species is poorly known. It occurs in back stands, but there is little information available on the habitat and ecology of this species.

Sea level rise is a major threat, especially to back mangroves that have no area in which to expand. Mangrove species with a habitat on the landward margin may be particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise if owing to coastal development their movement inland is blocked. Although local estimates are uncertain due to differing legislative definitions of what is a 'mangrove' and to the imprecision in determining mangrove area, current consensus estimates of mangrove loss in the last quarter-century report an approximately 24% decline in mangrove areas in countries within this species range since 1980 (FAO 2007).

All mangrove ecosystems occur within mean sea level and high tidal elevations, and have distinct species zonations that are controlled by the elevation of the substrate relative to mean sea level. This is because of associated variation in frequency of elevation, salinity and wave action (Duke et al. 1998). With rise in sea-level, the habitat requirements of each species will be disrupted, and species zones will suffer mortality at their present locations and re-establish at higher elevations in areas that were previously landward zones (Ellison 2005). If sea-level rise is a continued trend over this century, then there will be continued mortality and re-establishment of species zones. However, species that are easily dispersed and fast growing / fast producing will cope better than those which are slower growing and slower to reproduce.

In addition, mangrove area is declining globally due to a number of localized threats. The main threat is habitat destruction and removal of mangrove areas. Reasons for removal include cleared for shrimp farms, agriculture, fish ponds, rice production and salt pans, and for the development of urban and industrial areas, road construction, coconut plantations, ports, airports, and tourist resorts. Other threats include pollution from sewage effluents, solid wastes, siltation, oil, and agricultural and urban runoff. Climate change is also thought to be a threat, particularly at the edges of a species range. Natural threats include cyclones, hurricane and tsunamis.

The wood form this tree is used in the construction of canoes and interiors (Slik 2009). Dye can also be extracted from the fruit to dye clothes or as a fish poison, while the seeds are edible by humans.

There are no conservation measures specific to this species, but its range may include some marine and coastal protected areas. Continued monitoring and research is recommended, as well as the inclusion of mangrove areas in marine and coastal protected areas.
More research is needed on this species distribution, population trends, habitat and ecology, and major threats.