白骨壤 Avicennia marina

  • Scientific Name: Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
  • Ref: Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 71:435. 1907
  • Synonym: Sceura marina Forssk.
  • English Common Name: white mangrove, grey mangrove
  • Chinese Common Name: 海榄雌 hǎilǎncí, 白骨壤 báigǔrǎng, 咸水矮让木 [粤]haam4 seoi2 ai2 joeng6 muk6
  • Japanese Common Name: ヒルギダマシ [蛭木騙し] hirugidamashi
  • Family: Acanthaceae
  • Genus: Avicennia
  • Distribution: Maritime. Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan [E Africa, S and SE Asia, N Australia].
  • Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong
Branchlets ridged when young. Leaves subsessile; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 2-7 X × 2-3.5 cm, leathery, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous and shiny, base acuminate, margin entire. Inflorescences capitate; peduncle 1-2.5 cm. Flowers ca. 5 mm in diam. Calyx and corolla outside densely pubescent, inside subglabrous, margin densely persistent ciliate. Stamens slightly exserted. Ovary densely pubescent. Style short, 2-cleft. Fruit nearly ovoid, ca. 1.2 cm in diam., pubescent. (Flora of China)

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