Combretaceae
White mangrove
Laguncularia racemosa
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Laguncularia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- قوينينة عنقودية
- arz
- قوينينه عنقوديه
- Catalan
- Mangle blanc
- Chinese
- 对叶榄李, 白紅樹
- Czech
- Kyjovník
- Dutch
- Mangle blanc
- English
- White mangrove
- French
- Palétuvier blanc
- German
- Weisse Mangrove, Weiße Mangrove
- Japanese
- ヒルギモドキ, ホワイトマングローブ
- Portuguese
- Mangue-branco
- Spanish
- Mangle Blanco
Synonyms
- Conocarpus racemosus L.
- Horau racemosus (L.) M.Gómez
- Laguncularia glabriflora C.Presl
- Laguncularia martii Colla
- Laguncularia obovata Miq.
- Laguncularia racemosa f. longifolia J.F.Macbr.
- Laguncularia racemosa var. glabriflora (C.Presl) Stace
- Rhizaeris alba Raf.
- Schousboea commutata Spreng.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ulf Mehlig, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pål A. Olsvik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.