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Acanthaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Avicennia schaueriana

Avicennia schaueriana

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Avicennia schaueriana is an evergreen tree with a large, pyramidal crown; it can grow 3 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 35cm in diameter[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. Mangrove area is declining globally due to a number of localized threats. The main threat is habitat destruction and removal of mangrove areas as coastal regions are developed for a range of human activities. This species is still quite common and so is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - coastal regions of Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil; Caribbean - coasts from Trinidad to Anguilla.
HabitatCoastal areas, often in marshy conditions and in sandy soils[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].