Laguncularia C.F.Gaertn.

Mangrove shrubs or trees, with often simple pneumatophores and stilt-roots, not spiny; only ‘combretaceous hairs’ present apart from glandular pits on leaves. Leaves opposite, scattered but mainly submarginal minute pits on both surfaces each with basal sessile gland, without domatia; with petiolar glands. Inflorescences usually leafless axillary or terminal spikes or racemes of spikes; bracts very small, caducous. Flowers mostly bisexual but often some unisexual (mostly male) ones and sometimes (? usually) dioecious, actinomorphic, sessile, 5-merous; 2 lateral prophylls (bracteoles) fused to lower hypanthium, upper hypanthium short, cupuliform; calyx lobes 5; petals 5, slightly exceeding calyx lobes; stamens 10, included or ± so, anthers versatile; style free, glabrous. Fruits slightly compressed longitudinally ridged nuts, upper hypanthium and calyx persistent, and 2 prophylls still visible.