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Leaves simple, elliptic, thinly glossy green (7-17 cm L. and 2-8 cm W.). Petiole often reddish (not observed on this picture). Hypocotyl pencil-like, slender, green to 15 cm L. and 0,4 to 0,8 cm W. slightly grooved. Singapore.
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Leaves lanceolate, pointed at the apex and with a white undersurface. Singapore.
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Habit of Avicennia marina in Gazi Bay (Kenya) showing uprooted pencil-like pneumatophores roots.
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uprooted Avicennia marina
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Newly established seedling_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Leaves and mature fruit : leaves opposite ,simple, ovale (to elliptic), 59-129 mm L, 26-53 mm W, apex mostly rounded, upper-surface bright satiny green and under-surface pale finely pubescent. Fruit pod enclosing one propagule ellipsoidal 21-23 mm L, 12-15 mm W_Gaoqiao, south-western China
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Leaves (and Tettigoniidae) of Avicennia rumphiana. Singapore.
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Roots pencil-like pneumatophores. Mangrove of Cubatão (São Paulo - Brazil).
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Leaves blade elliptic to oblong, 5 to 8 by 3 to 5 cm with a short and reddish petiole (1 to 2 cm). Mangrove of Cubatão (São Paulo - Brazil)
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Foliage with alternate, simple leaves, flat and succulent, narrowly obovate-elliptic, 4-9 cm L., 1-2,5 cm W. Inflorescence terminal racemes, 5-15 flowered, 2-3cm L. Flowers slightly zigomorphic, 16-19 cm L. shortly pedicellate with a pair of short bracteoles inserted on reddish-green calyx tube. Singapore
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Inflorescence axillary racemes, 1-7 flowered, 2-3 cm long. Flowers actinomorphic, 16-18 cm L. calyx lobes 5, ovate, 0,5-1cm L., pointed apex ; petals 5, white, glabrous,reflexed, 3-5 mm L, 1 mm W. Stamens 10, on inner rim of calyx cup, equal to petals, style simple, 4-6 mm L., persistent, positioned centraly in deep calyx cup with nectar (Duke, 2006).Singapore.
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Trees (3 to 7 m in height) never forms a complete stand but is usually found singularly or in small groups. Sometimes deciduous in dry season_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Leaves turning bright red-orange before beeing replaced. Singapore
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Fruit woody capsule with 4 indistinct valves, globose, green to brown, coriaceous, shiny, to 25 cm W, splits naturally after falling to reveal 8-20 angular seeds. Leaves alternate, compound, smooth, to 20 cm L; leaflets 2-6 elliptic to obovate, green to yellow-green, variably acuminate, base cuneate, 1cm L ; petiole 2-4 cm L. Singapore
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Dense, thick stands with thin stems of Aegiceras corniculatum_Gaoqiao,south-western China
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Leaves simple, elliptic, alternate, spirally arranged.Apex slightly emarginate. Salt encrusted leaves_Gaoqiao,south-western China.
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Stem base and part of unearthed roots system (normally under ground)_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Fruit : capsule enclosing 1 propagule, horn-shaped,pointed apically, curved (5-8cm L), crypto-viviparous_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Hypocotyl cigar shaped, elongate, dark green. Singapore.
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Roots on the ground surface, seems like buttress_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Mature bud to mature flower stage : White flowers, 1,5 to 2 cm long. 5-6 calyx lobes linear, 15 by 2 mm. 5-6 petals 15 mm long, 1 mm wide. Stamens numerous (30 to 40)inserted on the rim of the calyx cup, filaments 8 to 15 mm long. Floral disc cup shaped, enclosing the shallow nectar cup_Goaqiao, south-western China
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Species present in the inland mangrove and along the riverbanks where the sea water is sufficiently diluted by constant freshwater input. Also present at the limit of tidal influence, in mixed mangrove swamp forest communities (Fromard et al., 2004)
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Characteristic aerial stilt roots. At the base of the roots, young plant with small leaves, with the blade 10 to 12 by 5 cm, the petiole about 2cm long. Mangrove of Cubatão (São Paulo - Brazil)
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Fruit berry errect-globose, to 2,7cm L and 2,2-4,6 cm W, persistent withered style : pericarp green, glabrous, dull ; calyx persistent, tube broadly cupulate, base rounded, green, shiny. Singapore.