Rhizophora mangle L.

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H|SD^^r9im	1074. Rhizophora Mangle L.
Sp. PI. 443 (1758); DC. Prod. iii. 32 (1828); Chapm. FI- So- U-S- 185 (i860); Griseb. FI. Brit. W. Ind. 274 (i860) et Cat. PI. Cub. 108 (1866); Engler in Mart. FI. 4^	Bras. xii. pt. 2, 426 (1876); Hemsl. Biol. Centr.-Am. i.
•' *^—	402 (l880); Warming in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. iv. 519-548
(l883); Sargent, Silva N.Am. v. 15, t. 200 (1893); Small, FI. Se. U.S. 834 (1903); Salvoza in Nat. & Applied Sci. Bull. Univ. Philippines, v. 224, t. 7 (l936); J. H. Davis, Jr. in Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. no. 517, 303-412 (l940).
Syn. R. americana Nutt. N. Am. Silv. i. 95, t. 24 (1842).
^	Tree or large bush up to 6 m. high. Bark papery, brown, thick.
Branches fragile. Aerial roots deep brown. Leaves coriaceous, succulent. Flowers yellow. Petals hairy. Fruit green.
Mangrove swamp in limestone tidal flat, Rancho Luna, 10 miles east of the entrance to Cienfuegos Bay, Santa Clara Province, Cuba.
Coll. W.H.Hodoe, R. A. Howard & R.K.Godfrey<<<OCR