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Bruguiera × hainesii

Bruguiera × hainesii is a natural hybrid mangrove tree from the Rhizophoraceae family, formed between B. gymnorhiza and B. cylindrica. It grows in tidal coastal swamps, so the key to growing it is saline, waterlogged mud and warm tropical conditions.

Family
Rhizophoraceae (Rhizophor family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Grows in regularly flooded tidal mud; keep the roots waterlogged with brackish or saline water.
Soil
Soft, waterlogged, muddy tidal sediment with salt.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions year-round; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Indo-China to Malaya, Papuasia to N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bruguiera × hainesii is a species of mangrove in the family Rhizophoraceae. It is native to the coasts of Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and northern Queensland. It is a naturally-occurring interspecies hybrid of B. gymnorhiza and B. cylindrica.

Other Bruguiera plants

Bakau Putih · Ribbed fruited orange mangrove · Oriental Mangrove · Smallflower bruguiera · Oriental mangrove · Bruguiera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bruguiera × hainesii 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.

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