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Smallflower bruguiera

Bruguiera parviflora

Also called Slender Fruit Orange Mangrove, Small Leafed Orange Mangrove

Smallflower bruguiera
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko (Wie146), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rhizophoraceae (Rhizophor family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
India to Vanuatu, N. Western Australia to E. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bruguiera parviflora is a tree in the family Rhizophoraceae. The specific epithet parviflora is from the Latin meaning 'small flowers'.

Where it grows

Bruguiera parviflora grows widely in South Asia, Indochina, Malesia and northern Australia. Its habitat is mangrove areas and the species faces similar threats to those generally affecting mangrove habitats, such as coastal development, pollution and climate change.

Other Bruguiera plants

Bakau Putih · Ribbed fruited orange mangrove · Oriental Mangrove · Bruguiera × hainesii · Oriental mangrove · Bruguiera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bruguiera parviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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