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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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Columnar trees (sometimes multi-stemmed), bark dark grey to black, rough and friable, checkered fissuring. Roots thick knee-like pneumatophores_Goaqiao, south-western China.
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Flower to mature propagule stage : Calyx reddish with 12 to 14 lobes, petals to 15 mm long, 2-lobed, stamens enclosed in pairs by the petals. Hypocotyl emergent from calyx during maturation, hypocotyl cigar-shaped, terete, elongate, green, to 11-25 cm L. and 1-2 cm W.
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Flowers and leaves : Leaves opposite, simple, elliptic-oblong, glossy green (11-21 L, 4-9 cm W), margin entire, apex pointed, base cuneate. Infloresence axillary, 1-flowered.
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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)