Lythraceae

Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Pemphis

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Pemphis acidula: shrubs of Pemphis acidula ( Lythraceae ) on the shore of Réunion island — Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 水芫花
Czech: Pemfis
French: Idraro, Idraro re ete, Miki miki
Indonesian: Drini
Malay: Pokok Mentigi
Thai: เทียนทะเล
Tongan: Ngingie

Synonyms

Lythrum pemphis L.f.
Macclellandia griffithiana Wight
Mangium porcellanicum Rumph.
Melanium fruticosum Spreng.
Melanium rupestre Zipp.
Millania rupestris Zipp. ex Blume
Pemphis acidula var. crassifolia Ridl.
Pemphis angustifolia Roxb.
Pemphis setosa Blanco

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Seb Rog, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Monofruit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: WEI, WAN-CHEN（魏琬臻）, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.