Rhizophoraceae
Oriental mangrove
Bruguiera sexangula
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Bruguiera
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Bruguiera sexangulaRhizophoraceae
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- قندل جنوبي
- Burmese
- ဗြူးရွှေဝါ
- Cantonese
- 海蓮
- Chinese
- 海莲, 海蓮, 剪定树, 小叶格搿梢, 海莲叶, 海莲果, 罗古
- English
- Oriental mangrove
- Indonesian
- Bakau cina
- Malay
- Pokok Tumu Puteh
- Malayalam
- സ്വർണ്ണക്കണ്ടൽ
- Thai
- พังกาหัวสุมดอกขาว
Synonyms
- Bruguiera australis A.Cunn. ex Arn.
- Bruguiera eriopetala Wight & Arn.
- Bruguiera oxyphylla Miq.
- Bruguiera parietosa Griff.
- Bruguiera sexangula var. sexangula
- Rhizophora australis (A.Cunn. ex Arn.) Steud.
- Rhizophora eriopetala (Wight & Arn.) Steud.
- Rhizophora polandra Blanco
- Rhizophora sexangula Lour.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
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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.