Sonneratia alba - Wikipedia
Sonneratia alba is a mangrove tree in the family Lythraceae. The specific epithet alba is from the Latin meaning 'white', referring to the flowers. [4] Flower. Description. S. alba grows up to 40 m (130 ft) tall with a trunk diameter up to 70 cm (30 in). The cracked to fissured bark is brownish, turning grey below the tidal mark.
Sonneratia alba - Useful Tropical Plants - The Ferns
2022年7月20日 · Sonneratia alba is an evergreen tree with a broad, spreading, rather lax crown; it can grow from 3 - 15 metres tall with occasional specimens to 30 metres. The tree is surrounded by thick, blunt pneumatophores (vertical roots arising from shallow, horizontal roots) - these can vary in size from 30 - 100cm tall [. ].
Sonneratia alba - Monaco Nature Encyclopedia
2018年3月18日 · The Sonneratia alba is the most diffused plant of the genus, of remarkable importance for the coastal ecosystem of the Indo-Pacific region, predominant in some zones, like the north-eastern coasts of Australia, where it helps to prevent the erosion and to offer shelter and food for many living species.
NParks | Sonneratia alba - National Parks Board
Its fruits are hard, fleshy berries that are round and flattened, with a persistent calyx at the base, 2-4.5 cm across, ripening green. Habitat. It grows in tropical coasts, in mangrove forests, sandy beaches and mudflats. It occurs locally in all mangrove forests in Singapore.
Sonneratia alba Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Sonneratia alba. First published in A.Rees, Cycl. 33: n.° 2 (1816) This species is accepted. The native range of this species is S. Somalia to Mozambique and Pacific, N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. Taxonomy. Images. General information. Descriptions.
Sonneratia alba - USDA Plants Database
The PLANTS Database includes the following 1 data sources of Sonneratia alba J.E. Sm.
mangrove flora: perepat (sonneratia alba) - National University of ...
Fruit somewhat pear-shaped, crowned by the persistent sepals whose tips bend back to the stalk. Seeds white, flattened, tiny, buoyant. Found at the front of the mangrove belt and usually on sandy soil. Use as firewood, house building and clogs. The fruits, when ripe, are eaten by Malays.
Sonneratia alba - asianplant.net
They are the host trees of the fireflies (Pteroptyx tener) that perform spectacular synchronised flashing along the Selangor River in Malaysia. Sonneratia leaves make up the bulk of the food eaten by the fascinating Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) of Borneo.
Sonneratia alba Sm. - World Flora Online
An evergreen shrub or usually a small tree, 3–15 (–20) m. tall, with many stout finger-like pneumatophores and spreading branches; bark dark grey or greyish-brown, rough and fissured. Ovary 14–18-locular; style green, 4.5–5.9 cm. long; stigma capitate, 2.5–3 mm. wide. Fig. 1. Ripe seeds not seen. Provided by: [G].
taxo4254 - Sonneratia alba (Mangrove Apple)
Mangrove apple is found in low-intertidal habitat in regions of high to moderate rainfall where it receives both fresh and saltwater input. It grows on consolidated mud and sand along river banks, and within sheltered shores of islands where wave energy is low and sedimentation occurs. The soil is often waterlogged, soft and yet compacted which ...