Rhizophoraceae FAMILY Least Concern

Bruguiera sexangula

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Plants are usually found on sandy soils in the wild, but do also succeed on clay^[1]. Harvesting of the wood for fuel is usually done manually with axes or matchets, which minimizes disturbance to the mangrove^[2]. Young trees from short-term rotations are preferred as a fuel crop^[2].

Propagation

Seed - in a trial in the Philippines seed germinated 5 - 10 days after sowing^[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Bruguiera+sexangula>

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Insects

References

[1]Plants of Southeast Asia — http://www.asianplant.net/ ↩︎Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc,
[2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
[3]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
[4]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.