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Family |
Distribution |
North America distribution zone |
Height |
Foliage |
Ecology |
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English name |
French name |
Spanish name |
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Rhizophora mangle L.
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Rhizophoraceae
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ME S North America (USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida; Mexico to Panama; Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies) South America (general) int N ME Oceania (Melanesia, Galapagos Is., Polynesia, Malaysia) and Africa (tropics)
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ME SW SC SE
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M[L]
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hel hyg
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dr (bark decoction gargle for sore throat and angina, bark tea taken orally for fever, hemorrhage, rheumatism and liver ailments, ease sore throat, macerated wood decoction applied to affected area in leprosy and ulcer, pulverized bark taken orally for malarial fever, roots used in bath against bad sleep and nightmare, stop hemorrhages, to decrease fever) fd fd(ob) (bitter fruits were eaten by Indians in time of hardship) fw (charcoal, firewood) ma (bark used in some islands like Barbados for tannin, rich bark is used with various mineral salts for making dye and for tannin, stain floors and furniture) sa (provides habitat for oysters, clams and crabs) ti (agricultural goods, boat framing, boats carcass and sides, bridges, docks, fence posts, general heavy construction like beams, girder and jointing, house posts, marine construction, oars, piling, railroad ties, ship building, wharves)
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Cakile americana Catesby non Nutt.
Rhizophora americana Nutt.
Rhizophora mangle var. samoensis Hochr.
Rhizophora samoensis (Hochr.) Salvoza
Rhizophora utrinque P.Browne
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American mangrove; African mangrove, black mangrove p.p.; mangle (Virgin Gorda); mangrove (Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); red mangle (Honduras); red mangrove (Bahamas, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Gorda)
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rhizophore manglier; mangle (Guadeloupe); mangle noir; mangle rouge (Guadeloupe); mangle-chandelle; manglier (Hispaniola); manglier chandelle (Hispaniola, French Guiana); manglier noir, manglier rouge (Hispaniola); palétuvier (Tropical Africa); palétuvier d'Amérique (Guadeloupe); palétuvier de la plage (Angola); palétuvier mauve (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo); palétuvier rouge (Guadeloupe); palutivier (Tropical America and Africa); palutivier d'Amérique; palutivier mauve (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo); palutivier rouge
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candelón (Mexico); colorado (Belize, Guyana, Venezuela); colorao, conche caimán (Colombia); mangle (Tropical America); mangle blanco (Guyana); mangle caballero (Costa Rica); mangle chifle (Puerto Rico); mangle cholo, mangle cocha (Ecuador); mangle colorado (Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle de chifle (Puerto Rico); mangle dulce (Mexico, Peru); mangle gateador (Costa Rica, Mexico); mangle geli, mangle injerto, mangle pecho de pava (Ecuador); mangle roja (Colombia); mangle rojo (Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle salado, mangle tinto (Mexico); mangle yanga (Costa Rica); mangle zapatero (Mexico, Puerto Rico); patucho gateado (Ecuador); purgua (Venezuela)
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aili kinnit, ali kinnit (kuna, Panama); Amerikanische Mangrove, Amerikanische Rhizophora (german); apareiba (Brazil); fabché (maya, Mexico); guapariba (portuguese, Brazil); mang, mang chandèl, mang nwa, mang wouj (creole, Haiti); mangel tan (West Indies?); mangle geli (Ecuador); mangliye (creole, Haiti); mangro (Suriname); mangrovia d'America (italian); mangue vermelho, mangué sapateiro (Brazil); mepareyba, mongue sapeteiro (portuguese, Brazil); muema (Angola); mukala tanda (Cameroon); Pferdefleischholz (german); purga; Rote Mangrove (german); tabché, tapche (maya, Belize and Mexico); wortelboom (dutch, Suriname); wotó (Togo); xtapché (maya, Mexico); zwamp-mangro (Suriname)
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