Rhizophora racemosa G.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Rhizophoraceae > Rhizophora

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are 10-15 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The flowers occur as many in a compact arrangement 5-7 cm long. The fruit is 4 cm long by 1.6 cm wide. There is usually one seed. It forms a tube shaped young root up to 40 cm long. This is 1 cm thick.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in brackish and fresh water silt along rivers near the coast.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food fuel material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

Leaf

Rhizophora racemosa leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Rhizophora racemosa fruit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rhizophora racemosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Rhizophora racemosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719838-1
WFO ID wfo-0000460355
COL ID 4SCVB
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INPN ID 734693
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Rhizophora racemosa Rhizophora mangle var. racemosa