University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Vascular Plants (NCU:Vascular Plants)
NCU00410834
34a6e313-f529-4919-a052-56dda21f3f29
565674
Rhizophora mangle Roxb.
Rhizophoraceae
Diamond, Pete
286
1998-02-03
United States, North Carolina, Randolph, along edge of central pool in African Pavilion exhibit, NC Zoological Park
35.626016 -79.75382 +-301m. WGS84
= approx location of African Pavilion, opened in 1984, demolished in 2020.
Two trees grwoing in damp soil
Small tree, 7-9 m, with wide-arching aerial roots. Leaves coriaceous, dark green, weakly emarginate; 7.3-11.8 X 3.5-5.8 cm. Sepals four, connate. Ovary lengthening considerably before senecing and dropping into soft ground below. Stems glabrous, reddish- to light brown; bark smoth. Habit elliptic