🌿 Family

Rhizophoraceae

12 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Rhizophoraceae

Bruguiera gymnorhiza is a coastal mangrove tree with a wide native Indo-Pacific range, used for wood, food, and medicine.

Ceriops australis is a genetically distinct viviparous northern Australian mangrove, with traditional Indigenous uses.

Ceriops tagal is a medium-sized mangrove tree with ribbed hypocotyls, found in tidal brackish areas, with multiple uses.

Kandelia obovata is a widely planted East Asian mangrove species with characteristic floating water-dispersed propagules.

Rhizophora apiculata Blume is a variable-height mangrove species with commercial uses including charcoal production.

Rhizophora mangle L. (red mangrove) is a salt-tolerant viviparous coastal tree with distinct prop roots, found in tropical and subtropical regions.

Rhizophora mucronata is an Indo-Pacific mangrove evergreen tree with multiple ecological and human uses.

Rhizophora stylosa Griffith is a tree that grows in coastal Asian, Australian and Pacific habitats, reaching 15 m tall with dark bark.

Rhizophora racemosa is a pioneering mangrove species native mainly to West African tidal coasts with limited human uses.

Bruguiera cylindrica is a common Asian mangrove tree with many edible and useful parts for humans.

Bruguiera exaristata Ding Hou is a mangrove native to parts of Australia, New Guinea, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

Carallia brachiata is a large flowering tree in Rhizophoraceae, native to a broad range from Australia to India’s Western Ghats.

Related Families

Euphorbiaceae 287 species Salicaceae 129 species Violaceae 102 species Hypericaceae 73 species Phyllanthaceae 56 species Passifloraceae 50 species Linaceae 29 species Malpighiaceae 14 species

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