Rhizophoraceae
Mangrove
Rhizophora apiculata
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Rhizophora
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- قندل متقابل الذرى
- arz
- جذمور ابيكولاتا
- Bangla
- গর্জন
- Burmese
- ဗြူးခြေထောက်အဖို
- Cantonese
- 正紅樹
- Chinese
- 紅樹, 红树, 五足驴, 鸡笼答, 正红树
- English
- Mangrove
- Esperanto
- Stretfolia rizoforo
- Indonesian
- Bakau minyak
- Japanese
- フタバナヒルギ
- Malay
- Pokok Bakau Minyak
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിക്കണ്ടൽ, റൈസോഫെറാ എപ്പിക്കുലേറ്റ
- mnw
- ကင်တၞးဍောတ်၊ တၞံ
- Thai
- โกงกางใบเล็ก
- Vietnamese
- Đước, Cây đước
Synonyms
- Rhizophora candelaria DC.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Ariefrahman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shervin Motamedi, Roslan Hashim, Rozainah Zakaria, Ki-Il Song, Bakrin Sofawi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Foo Chuan Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Foo Chuan Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Foo Chuan Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.