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| Flowers of the white mangrove |
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| Leaf and seed of white mangrove |
These are the shortest of the three species (reaches 5.6 meters and a diameter of 30 centimetres) and have un-buttressedroots. This species normally grows in the back portion of mangrove swamps, which remains unaffected by tidal inundation, except during spring tides. The bark is light brown to reddish dark brown, and the leaves are ovate. The leaves have adapted to their salty environment by developing special openings (glands) that allow salt to pass from inside the tree to the outside. The leaves
are then coated with speckled white salt crystals which are what gives this species its name- white mangrove.
are then coated with speckled white salt crystals which are what gives this species its name- white mangrove.
Germination is epigeous (the cotyledons - part of the embryo of the seed- of the germinating seed expand, throw off the seedshell and become photosynthetic above the ground) and un-opened seeds are carried up to 4 - 8 centimetres on a slender green stalk. Further, the roots are fibrous, and this species coppices reasonably well. It normally grows in the back portionof mangrove swamps, which remains unaffected by tidal inundation, except during spring tides.
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