Trees & Plants

Golden orange mangrove in

Bodaa vaki

Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.)

Very rare. Occurs in a few southern islands Developing embryos and the fruits are cooked and eaten, after soaking. Juice from the fruits is used to treat sore eyes, shingles and burns. Roots and leaves are a remedy for burns. The timber, which is heavy, hard and strong, is utiliz

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uses: Developing embryos and the fruits are cooked and eaten, after soaking. Juice from the fruits is used to treat sore eyes, shingles and burns. Roots and leaves are a remedy for burns. The timber, which is heavy, hard and strong, is utilized as poles and firewood and to make charcoal. a tip to LAPANAJUS a
family: Rhizophoraceae
synonym: Rhizophora sexangula Lour., Bruguiera eriopetala Wight & Arn.
description: Trees to 7 m high; underground roots produce numerous knee roots; bark grey to pale brown, with few large corky lenticels. × Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, 8-13 4-6 cm, elliptic-oblong, reddish-green above, pale green beneath, stipulate. Flowers reddish- orange, 2.5-3.5 cm long, axillary, solitary, is drooping. Calyx tube ribbed to the base, lobes 10-14, persistent. Petals 10-14, free, shortly stalked, white when young, changing gradually to brown, deeply bilobed with a bristle in the sinus between the lobes; tip acute with vestiges of 1-3 cilia on each, outer margin of the petal fringed from the base to the apex with dense, stiff , white, silky hairs. Stamens in pairs of unequal length. Fruit a drupe, reddish-green, 2-2.5 cm long; seed × one; hypocotyle 10-15 1.2 cm, cylindric with blunt tip, surface slightly ridged. Poir.
native range: Asia-Pacific region
distribution: Most countries in the Asia- Pacific region
english names: Golden orange mangrove in
flowering fruiting: July – December
occurrence maldives: Very rare. Occurs in a few southern islands