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Lythraceae

Sonneratia alba Sm.

Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Sonneratia

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Common names

By language (14)
ace
Beureumbang
ban
Prapat
Burmese
လမဲ့ပင်
Chinese
杯萼海桑, 伽果, 剪刀树, 枷果
dtp
Perepat
Finnish
Valko-omenamangrove
Indonesian
Perepat, Pidada putih
Japanese
ハマザクロ, マヤプシキ, マヤプシギ
Malagasy
Antalaotro, Farafaka, Farafaka honko, Farafata, Songere, Songery, Tsongery, Vahombavy
Malay
Pokok Perepat
Malayalam
സൊന്നറേഷിയ അൽബ, നക്ഷത്രക്കണ്ടൽ
mnw
လမု၊ တၞံ
Russian
Соннератия белая
Vietnamese
Bần trắng

Synonyms

  • Blatti alba (Sm.) Kuntze
  • Blatti leucantha (Montrouz.) Kuntze
  • Blatti pagatpat (Blanco) Nied.
  • Chiratia leucantha Montrouz.
  • Sonneratia acida var. mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Mattei
  • Sonneratia alba var. iriomotensis (Masam.) Masam.
  • Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam.
  • Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch
  • Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco

Characteristics

In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native

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