River mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum)
Description
Aegiceras corniculatum grows as a shrub or small tree up to m high, though often considerably less. Its leaves are alternate, obovate, mm long and mm wide, entire, leathery and minutely dotted. Its fragrant, small, white flowers are produced as umbellate clusters of with a peduncle up to mm long and with pedicels mm long. The calyx is mm long and corolla mm long. The fruit is curved and cylindrical or horn-shaped, light green to pink in colour and mm long. It grows in mud in estuaries and tidal creeks, often at the seaward edge of the mangrove zone.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Primulaceae
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Genus: Aegiceras
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