Rhizophoraceae
Red mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
- Family
- Rhizophoraceae
- Genus
- Rhizophora
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- شورى, تين هندي
- Asturian
- Mangle bermeyu
- Bangla
- ভারা | গর্জন | ঝানা | খামু
- Basque
- Mangle gorri, Mangle gorria
- Burmese
- လမုပင်
- Catalan
- Mangle vermell
- Chinese
- 美国红树, 美國紅樹, 美洲紅樹
- Czech
- Kořenovník obecný
- English
- Red mangrove, American mangrove
- Esperanto
- Manglo
- Finnish
- Atlantinpunamangrove
- French
- Palétuvier rouge
- German
- Rote Mangrove
- Haitian Creole
- Mangliye
- Hindi
- बिना, कच्छ वनस्पति, राइजोफोरा मांगले
- Hungarian
- Közönséges vörös mangrove
- Indonesian
- Bakau merah
- Japanese
- アメリカヒルギ
- Lithuanian
- Tikroji rizofora
- pap
- Palu di mangel kòrá
- Persian
- چندل سرخ
- Portuguese
- Mangue-vermelho
- Russian
- Красное мангровое дерево, Ризофора мангле, Ризофора мангровая
- Spanish
- Mangle Colorado
- Swedish
- Amerikansk mangrove, Khizo-phora mangle
- Tongan
- Tongolei
Synonyms
- Bruguiera decangulata Griff.
- Rhizophora americana Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Ulf Mehlig, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ianaré Sévi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvarez Domingo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: josesolorzano89, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Riel Huaorani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: josesolorzano89, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Clara Coulbrant, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Riel Huaorani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.