Enhalus acoroides create small isolated patches containing 25 to 200 shoots through lateral rhizome spreading. It can also produce pollen like other seagrasses but it is unique in that it is the only species of seagrasses that surface pollinates.

The sole species is Enhalus acoroides. Enhalus is large seagrass native to coastal waters of the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. The strap-shaped leaves arise directly from the rhizomes and can reach 1 m in length.

Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208932 on 2025-02-11.

Dec 2, 2018 · Enhalus acoroides is the longest seagrass found at our shores, with blades extending from 30cm to 1.5m long (Tan, 2016). The margins of the blades have inroll margins and the rhizomes are covered with fibrous black hairs.

Oct 13, 2024 · Enhalus acoroides is a perennial plant with underground stems (rhizomes), and long strap-like leaves that are 1 - 2cm wide and 30 - 150cm long. This is one of the few species of flowering plants that grow in the ocean, being found mainly in muddy soil along the intertidal zone.

Feb 12, 2020 · We investigated chemical constituents and the antifeedant, antibacterial, and antilarval activities of EtOH (ethanol) extracts of the South China Sea seagrass Enhalus acoroides.

Enhalus acoroides is a littoral species living in shallow soft substrates like muddy or sand-flats and coral substrates depending the region of growth. It can be found as far east as Papua New Guinea and can range from the Red Sea south to northern Mozambique in the Indian Ocean.