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Sonneratia alba
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Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
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| Frequency: | Locally very common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Evergreen shrub or small tree with spreading branches and many thick, finger-like pneumatophores. Bark dark grey or greyish-brown rough and fissured bark.; young branches swollen at the nodes. Leaves opposite, obovate-circular or obovate-elliptic 3-12.5 cm long, rounded or emarginate at the apex, leathery, yellow-green; margin entire, somewhat wavy; petiole stout, 3-15 mm long. Flowers 1-3 together, terminal; calyx green; petals strap-shaped, white, inconspicuous; stamens numerous in a conspicuous white mass, c. 4 4 cm in diameter, showy and fragrant. Fruit conical, up to 3 × 4 cm, crowned by the style and cupped in the deflexed calyx lobes, green. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | alba: white. |
| Habitat: | In salty mud of mangrove swamps |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Somalia to Southern Mozambique, Madagascar, Indian Ocean Islands, Southeast Asia, northern Australia and Islands in the Pacific. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 29 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H. & Bandeira, S. (2007). Field Guide to the Mangrove trees of Africa and Madagascar Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK ISBN 978-184246-135-8 Pages 68 - 69. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 656. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 781. Fernandes, A. (1978). Sonneratiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 327 - 329. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sonneratia albaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sonneratia alba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sonneratia alba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sonneratia alba
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iNaturalist: Sonneratia alba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sonneratia alba
JSTOR Plant Science: Sonneratia alba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sonneratia alba
Plants of the World Online: Sonneratia alba
Tropicos: Sonneratia alba
Wikipedia: Sonneratia alba
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