Rhizophoraceae
Kandelia obovata
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Kandelia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Cantonese
- 秋茄
- Chinese
- 水笔仔, 水筆仔, 秋茄树, 牛笔树, 秋茄樹, 红良, 茄行树
- Japanese
- メヒルギ, リュウキュウコウガイ
- lzh
- 水筆仔, Kandelia-obovata, 秋茄, 秋茄樹, 紅欖, 茄藤樹
- Vietnamese
- Trang
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 52 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 卢江离, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: yiiwen fang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Itsmine, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: self, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 珪素鳥, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.