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Oriental Mangrove (Bruguiera sexangula)

Description

The mangrove may grow as a single-stemmed tree or multi-stemmed shrub. It has short buttresses at the base of the trunk, and knee-like air-breathing roots, or pneumatophores. The bark is a smooth grey-brown colour. The smooth, glossy green leaves are simple and opposite, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 9.5-20 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, with a pointed apex and a 6 cm petiole, occurring in clusters at the end of the branches. The flowers have a pale yellow-green to pinkish-orange calyx with 12-14 lobes, 20-24 stamens and 10-12 creamy-orange, bi-lobed petals. The green, cigar-shaped viviparous propagule grows from within the calyx and is 5-12 cm long and 1-2 cm wide.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malpighiales

            • Family: Rhizophoraceae

              • Genus: Bruguiera