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Bruguiera exaristata
Also called Rib Fruited Orange Mangrove
Bruguiera exaristata is a mangrove tree or shrub of coastal saltwater and brackish swamps in northern Australia, New Guinea and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is grown as a mangrove species in tidal habitats, not as a garden or houseplant.
Bruguiera exaristata, commonly known as the rib-fruited mangrove or rib-fruited orange mangrove, is a mangrove of the family Rhizophoraceae.
The species is pollinated by birds. The species also contains tropine esters of acetic, benzoic, n-butyric, isobutyric, propionic, and isovaleric acids. The tropane alkaloid brugine is found in the bark of this species.
It is native to Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea and Northern Australia. It can be found along the coast at the mouth of the De Grey River, but it is rare in North West Cape.
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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.
