Family | Combretaceae |
Scientific name | Lumnitzera racemosa Willdenow |
Synonyms | Bruguiera madagascariensis Candolle; Funckia karakandel Dennstedt; Laguncularia rosea Gaudichaud-Beaupré; Lumnitzera racemosa Willdenow var. pubescens Koorders & Valeton; Lumnitzera rosea (Gaudichaud-Beaupré) C. Presl; Petaloma alba Blanco; Petaloma albiflora Zippelius ex Spanoghe; Petaloma alternifolia Roxburgh; Pokornya ettingshausenii Montrouzier; Problastes cuneifolia Reinwardt |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hirugi-modoki [false hirugi (hirugi = Rhizophoraceae plants)] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Singapore, New Guinea, Australia, Pacific Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, eastern Africa | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=48 |
Description | Plants 10m. Leaves 2.5-7cm. Flowers 5 white petals each 4mm. Evergreen. Subarbor trees. |
Reference | Lumnitzera racemosa Willdenow |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |