Aegiceras corniculatum
Description:
Flowering buds on an Aegiceras corniculatum tree. It is noteworthy to see the widespread salt crystals (whitish in colour) on the leaves, especially on a windy day. The salt (mainly sodium chloride) was excreted onto the leaves as a result of biological desalination processes taking place in the leaf tissues.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Ericales
- Primulaceae (primrose family)
- Aegiceras
- Aegiceras corniculatum (black mangrove)
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