Bruguiera

Singapore, North West, Singapore

The Berus tree

Singapore, South East, Singapore

Singapore, South East, Singapore

Bruguiera cylindrica (left). For comparison, Bruguiera hainesii is placed on the right.

Singapore, South East, Singapore

Singapore, South West, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

A herbarium record for Bruguiera parviflora, deposited at SINU (Raffles Museum, National University of Singapore). This record is for the occurrence of B. parviflora along the river at the Changi Point area.

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Singapore, North East, Singapore

Lenggadai tree at Pasir Ris Mangrove Park, Singapore. The propagules are edible.

Mature propagule

Singapore, South West, Singapore

Guangxi province, Southern China. Over the years, we have noticed that the Bruguiera gymnorhiza species in Southern China appears to have calyxes that are deep red in colour, unlike the ones in tropical Singapore or Malaysia where the calyxes have a wide range of colour variation: from green to pink and to red.

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The calyx colour of fresh propagules is very important to identify the different Bruguiera species.Over the years, we found that the best way to teach mangrove plant identification is to do the comparative approach. In this photo, Bruguiera gymnorhiza (left), is placed alongside Bruguiera sexangula (yellow), Bruguiera hainesii (pink), Bruguiera cylindrica (yellowish-green) and finally on the right, we have Bruguiera parviflora.

Cairns Regional, Queensland, Australia

, Queensland, Australia

Singapore, South East, Singapore