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North America distribution zone

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Ecology

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Avicennia germinans (L.) L.

Verbenaceae

M S North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: Texas, Louisiana, Mississipi and Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics) NW NC MW MC [SC] Africa (Occidental coasts)

MW MC ME SW SC SE

M[L]

hyg

dr (bark decoction bath for hemorrhoids, bark decoction rins for bleeding gums, bark decoction taken orally for diarrhea, intestinal irritation and colic, bark decoction wash for sore and wound, gum exudate lotion for skin disease) fd (honey) fw (charcoal) ma (tannin: bark) ti (boat, dragline mats, flooring, heavy construction, posts, turned work)

Avicennia elliptica Holm Avicennia floridana Raf. Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl Avicennia meyeri Miq. Avicennia nitida Jacq. Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. Avicennia officinalis L. Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth Bontia germinans L. Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh.

black avicennia; black mangrove (Bahamas, Panama, USA); black-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Gorda); blackmangrove, blackwood; blackwood-bush (Bahamas); courida, cruda (Guyana); green turtle bugh (Bahamas); greenturtle bourgh; honey mangrove (USA); limewood (Trinidad); mangrove; olive mangrove (Puerto Rico); saltpond-tree (Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles); white mangrove, white-mangrove (Panama); yellow mangle

avicennia noir; bois de mèche, chêne Guadeloupe, mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; manglier noir (Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Haiti); manglier (Dominican Republic, French Guiana); olive mangrove (Haiti); paletuvier blanc (French Guiana); paletuvier noir; palétuvier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); palétuvier blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); palétuvier gris, palétuvier noir, palétuvier rouge

angelín (Nicaragua); arbol de sal (El Salvador); árbol de sal, chifle de vaca (Mexico); comedero (Ecuador); courida (Guyana); culumate (Costa Rica, Mexico); iguanero (Colombia, Ecuador); ishtaten (El Salvador); istaten (El Salvador, Mexico); istatén (El Salvador); jeli salado (Peru); madre de sal, mangel blancu, mangle (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); mangle algarrobo, mangle amarillo (Venezuela); mangle blanco (Mexico); mangle bobo (Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle iguanero (Ecuador); mangle negro (Colombia, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela); mangle puyeque; mangle rosado (Venezuela); mangle salado (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); manglecito (Mexico); palo de sal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua); puyeque, saladillo (Mexico); salado (Puerto Rico); siete capas (Guyana); siete cueros (Puerto Rico); sietecapas (Venezuela)

apalioe (Suriname); courida (Guyana); koroda (Suriname); mand nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel blanch (Netherlands Antilles); parwa (Suriname); seriba, siriuba (Brazil)

black mangrove, manglecito

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Latin name	Avicennia germinans (L.) L.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	M S North America (Mexico to Panama; USA: Texas, Louisiana, Mississipi and Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics and subtropics) NW NC MW MC [SC] Africa (Occidental coasts)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (bark decoction bath for hemorrhoids, bark decoction rins for bleeding gums, bark decoction taken orally for diarrhea, intestinal irritation and colic, bark decoction wash for sore and wound, gum exudate lotion for skin disease) fd (honey) fw (charcoal) ma (tannin: bark) ti (boat, dragline mats, flooring, heavy construction, posts, turned work)
Synonym	Avicennia elliptica Holm Avicennia floridana Raf. Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn Avicennia germinans var. cumanensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia germinans var. guayaquilensis (Kunth) Moldenke Avicennia lamarckiana C.Presl Avicennia meyeri Miq. Avicennia nitida Jacq. Avicennia oblongifolia Nutt. ex Chapm. Avicennia officinalis L. Avicennia officinalis var. lanceolata Kuntze Avicennia officinalis var. nitida Kuntze Avicennia tomentosa Jacq. Avicennia tomentosa var. cumanensis Kunth Avicennia tomentosa var. guayaquilensis Kunth Bontia germinans L. Hilairanthus nitidus (Jacq.) Tiegh. Hilairanthus tomentosus (Jacq.) Tiegh.
English name	black avicennia; black mangrove (Bahamas, Panama, USA); black-mangrove (Bahamas, Jamaica, Virgin Gorda); blackmangrove, blackwood; blackwood-bush (Bahamas); courida, cruda (Guyana); green turtle bugh (Bahamas); greenturtle bourgh; honey mangrove (USA); limewood (Trinidad); mangrove; olive mangrove (Puerto Rico); saltpond-tree (Bahamas, Netherlands Antilles); white mangrove, white-mangrove (Panama); yellow mangle
French name	avicennia noir; bois de mèche, chêne Guadeloupe, mangle blanc (Guadeloupe); mangle gris; manglier noir (Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Haiti); manglier (Dominican Republic, French Guiana); olive mangrove (Haiti); paletuvier blanc (French Guiana); paletuvier noir; palétuvier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); palétuvier blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); palétuvier gris, palétuvier noir, palétuvier rouge
Spanish name	angelín (Nicaragua); arbol de sal (El Salvador); árbol de sal, chifle de vaca (Mexico); comedero (Ecuador); courida (Guyana); culumate (Costa Rica, Mexico); iguanero (Colombia, Ecuador); ishtaten (El Salvador); istaten (El Salvador, Mexico); istatén (El Salvador); jeli salado (Peru); madre de sal, mangel blancu, mangle (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama); mangle algarrobo, mangle amarillo (Venezuela); mangle blanco (Mexico); mangle bobo (Mexico, Puerto Rico); mangle iguanero (Ecuador); mangle negro (Colombia, Guyana, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); mangle prieto (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela); mangle puyeque; mangle rosado (Venezuela); mangle salado (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela); manglecito (Mexico); palo de sal (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua); puyeque, saladillo (Mexico); salado (Puerto Rico); siete capas (Guyana); siete cueros (Puerto Rico); sietecapas (Venezuela)
Other name	apalioe (Suriname); courida (Guyana); koroda (Suriname); mand nwa (creole, Haiti); mangel blanch (Netherlands Antilles); parwa (Suriname); seriba, siriuba (Brazil)
Trade name	black mangrove, manglecito