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Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C. F. Gaertn.

White Mangrove; White Buttonwood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Weisse Mangrove
English White Mangrove; White Buttonwood
Français Palétuvier blanc
Italiano Weisse Mangrove
Suomi Weisse Mangrove
Norsk Weisse Mangrove
Čeština Weisse Mangrove
Español Mangle blanco, Pataban (Cuba); Mangle bobo
Svenska Weisse Mangrove
Polski Weisse Mangrove
Український Weisse Mangrove
Român Weisse Mangrove
Русский Weisse Mangrove
Български Weisse Mangrove
EESTI Weisse Mangrove
日本語 Weisse Mangrove
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Hough

Origin

States and Territories USA (Florida, Texas); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Dominica; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Barthélémy; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Vincent; Aruba; Bonaire; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; Tobago; Trinidad; Costa Rica; Galapagos; Peru; Nicaragua; Galapagos; Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia); Honduras; Guatemala; El Salvador; Belize; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Pernambuco, Bahia); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Senegal; Gambia; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; NW-Angola; Guinea-Bissau; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Benin; Guinea

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Combretaceae
Genus Laguncularia
Species racemosa
Author citation (L.) C. F. Gaertn.
Scientific name Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C. F. Gaertn.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

White Mangrove;  White Buttonwood

Hough

White Mangrove;  White Buttonwood

Laguncularia racemosa , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

White Mangrove;  White Buttonwood

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

White Mangrove;  White Buttonwood

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

White Mangrove;  White Buttonwood

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson