Trees & Plants

Black mangrove

Burevi

Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.

Restricted to some islands; patchy growth in specific micro-habitats. Stem exudates mixed with coconut oil is used as an anti-herpetic and to cure itching. The wood is used for small scale construction and carpentry. The bark is used for tanning. 10 .P/OAF

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uses: Stem exudates mixed with coconut oil is used as an anti-herpetic and to cure itching. The wood is used for small scale construction and carpentry. The bark is used for tanning. 10 .P/OAF
family: Combretaceae
synonym: Petaloma alba Blanco, Problastes cuneifolia Reinw.
description: Large shrubs to small trees; base occasionally buttressed with numerous looping simple, curved roots, intermediate between pneumatophores and knee roots. × Leaves simple, alternate, 4-10 2-5 cm, clustered towards the apex of branchlets, obovate or oblanceolate, entire or minutely is crenate. Inflorescence lax, axillary, many Th flowered spikes; peduncle to 10 cm long. Flowers 10-13 mm long, white; bracteoles 2, adnate to the base or sometimes one bracteole adnate to the top of the calyx tube. Calyx tube smooth, enclosing the ovary, lobes 5, persistent. Petals 5, free, alternating with the calyx lobes, oblong, acute. Stamens 10 in two whorls, inner whorl alternating with petals, outer whorl opposite to the petals. × Fruit ellipsoid, 1-1.4 0.3-0.5 cm, laterally compressed, crowned with persistent calyx lobes, 1-seeded.
native range: South Asia, Australasia, East Africa and the Middle East
distribution: Paleotropics
english names: Black mangrove
flowering fruiting: July - November
occurrence maldives: Restricted to some islands; patchy growth in specific micro-habitats.