Rhizophoraceae
Smallflower bruguiera
Bruguiera parviflora
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Bruguiera
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bangla
- বকুল চাঁপা, বকুল কাঁকড়া
- Cantonese
- 小花木欖
- English
- Smallflower bruguiera
- Indonesian
- Lenggadai
- Malay
- Lenggadai
- Thai
- ถั่วดำ
Synonyms
- Bruguiera ritchiei Merr.
- Kanilia parviflora (Roxb.) Blume
- Rhizophora parviflora Roxb.
- Rhizophora pauciflora Griff.
Flowers
- In flower
- August, October (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.