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Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Shrubby coral pemphis
  • Smallleaved mangrove
Indonesian
  • Santigi
Swahili
  • Kilalamba kike
  • MkaaPwani
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description

Small tree, 7 to 10 m. Leaves densely covered by stiff white hairs. Flowers white to pink; fruit capsule with persistent calyx.

Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
Attributions Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
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Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology

    Habit: Small tree or shrub 4 to 10 m. Tree architecture Attim’s model.

     Trunk & bark:Bark light gray to brown. Leaves

     Leaves: simple, opposite, decussate, shortly petiolate, ovate to obovate, apex pointed or rounded, base cuneate, margin entire, fleshy, both surfaces densely covered by stiff white hairs. 

     Inflorescences or flowers:Inflorescence axillary, solitary, sessile cymes. Flowers dimorphic, pink colored, hexamerous, regular, bisexual; pedicel 5 to 10 mm long; calyx 6–lobed, greenish red, campanulate, persistent in fruit; petals 6, shortly clawed, ephemeral; stamens 12, in 2 series; ovary superior, globular, heterosylous, style simple and long, slender, stigma capitate. 

     Fruits :Fruit capsule, spherical, with persistent style.

     Seeds /seedling:Seeds numerous, flattened, angular, with a corky margin or wing.

     Habitat and ecology :It occurs in more exposed mangrove associations, on rocky foreshores, in seacoast and tidal regions.

     Epigeal germination.

     Pollination by insects.

    Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
    Attributions Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Ecology

      It occurs in more exposed mangrove associations, on rocky foreshores, in seacoast and tidal regions.

      Epigeal germination.

      Pollination by insects.

      Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
      Attributions Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        Description

        East Africa, through southeastern Asia to northern Australia, Polynesia, east Malaysia. In India, sea coast and tidal backwaters of Malabar coast.

        Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
        Attributions Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Uses and Management
          No Data
          📚 Information Listing
          The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)
          Least concern
          Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
          Attributions Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            References
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            📚 Meta data
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            🐾 Taxonomy
            RootRoot
            KingdomPlantae
            PhylumTracheophyta
            ClassMagnoliopsida
            OrderMyrtales
            FamilyLythraceae
            GenusPemphis
            SpeciesPemphis acidula J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
            📊 Temporal Distribution
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