PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
Family Acanthaceae
Common name: Grey Mangrove

Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. APNI*

Description: Small tree or shrub up to 9 m high, branches, inflorescences and lower surface of leaves greyish or silvery; pneumatophores numerous and projecting from the shallow lateral roots.

Leaves leathery with lamina narrow-obovate to obovate or elliptic, 3.5–12 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, apex acute or sometimes obtuse or acuminate, base cuneate, margins entire, upper surface usually glabrous, lower surface greyish or silvery hairy; petiole 5–10 mm long.

Cymes dense, in upper axils or arranged in terminal panicles; peduncles angular, 10–25 mm long. Calyx 2.5–3 mm long. Corolla white turning golden-coloured; tube 1–2 mm long; lobes 3–4 mm long.

Capsule compressed, 20–30 mm diam.; seed solitary, germinating before fruit falls.


Habit
Photo T.M. Tame

Flowering: Flowers most of year.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in saltwater swamps and estuaries, most common and widespread mangrove in N.S.W.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. N.T. S.A. W.A.
AVH map***

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept:

N.S.W. occurrences are: subsp. australasica

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET