Acanthaceae
Avicennia alba
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Avicennia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 白海榄, 白海欖
- Esperanto
- Blanka avicenio
- Indonesian
- Api-api boak
- Japanese
- ウラジロヒルギダマシ
- Malay
- Pokok Api-api Puteh
- Persian
- حرای سفید
- Thai
- แสมขาว
- Vietnamese
- Mắm trắng, Mắm lưỡi đồng
Synonyms
- Avicennia alba var. latifolia Moldenke
- Avicennia marina var. alba (Blume) Bakh.
- Avicennia officinalis var. alba (Blume) C.B.Clarke
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to October, December (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dmitry Ivanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: grass_0, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dmitry Ivanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: L D Costa, M T H S Budiastuti, J Sutrisno and Sunarto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wie146, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wie146, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.