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Avicennia balanophora is a tropical mangrove tree from the Acanthus family, native to the coasts and estuaries of Queensland, Australia. It is a wild coastal species rather than a garden plant, so it is not commonly grown as a home plant.
Avicennia balanaphora is a species of tropical mangrove in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia, where grows in coastal and estuarine locations.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Avicennia balanophora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
