Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Lam.

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Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro

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Synonyms:	Bruguiera capensis Bl. Bruguiera cylindrica sensu Oliv. p.p. non Blume Rhizophora conjugata L. Rhizophora gymnorhiza L.
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Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or tree with a light brown, reddish-brown or grey fibrous bark; branches with subcircular scars of fallen leaves and stipules. Leaves opposite, narrowly to broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 6-12 cm long, base narrowed into the petiole, midrib rather prominent beneath; margin entire and somewhat rolled under; petiole 1-3 cm long; stipules up to 4 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary on peduncles c. 1 cm long. calyx pinkish-green to reddish-brown, c. 12-lobed, 1.5-2 cm long with an obconical tube 1-2 cm long. Petals oblong, c. 1.5 cm long, 2-lobed at the apex, leathery, hairy at the base and on the margins, white or cream but soon turning brown; stamens c. 24, paired opposite the petals. Fruit up to 15 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, shallowly longitudinally ridged, held in the remaining calyx.
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Habitat:	Woodlands and thickets along the intertidal mud-flats, estuaries and inlets, mainly on the seaward side of mangroves.
Altitude range:	0 - 5 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widely distributed along the Western shores of the Pacific ocean, the Indian Ocean and the shores of Eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Eastern Cape South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Monday 15 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 52 - 53. (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 662. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 785. Gonçalves, A.E. & Torre, A.R. (1979). 62. Rhizophoraceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 20 - 21. Lewis, J. (1956). Rhizophoraceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 6 - 7. (Includes a picture). Torre, A. & Gonçalves, M. L. (1978). Rhizophoraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 87 - 89. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 276 - 277. (Includes a picture).

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