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  • COMMON NAME: Asiatic mangrove, True Mangrove.
  • ARABIC: قرم أحمر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Rhizophora mucronata Lam.
  • SYNONYMS: Rhizophora mucronata var. typica A.Schimp.
  • FAMILY: RHIZOPHORACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719830-1/general-information#vernacular-names
Extremely salt tolerant up to seawater level. Important in environmental rehabilitation of coastal areas, and as a source of wood in some parts of the world.
These remarkable trees grow on stilt roots in shallow tidal coastal waters and gradually reclaim land from the sea. The tree, 2-6 meters high, with densely branches. Leaves opposite, simple, elliptic, entire, coriaceous, broadly pointed at apex, 5-12cm long and 2-5cm broad. Flowers few, axillary with 4 oblong, leathery sepals. Petals entire, hairy inside. Ovary inferior. The seeds ovate to globular, large, germinate before falling from the tree. Flowering from April to June.
Cultivated on muddy shores, found in few coastal regions in the UAE. Tolerate salinity.
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