Rhizophora mangle L.
Mangrove; Red Mangrove; American mangrove
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| English | Mangrove; Red Mangrove; American mangrove | |
| Français | Palétuvier rouge; | |
| Italiano | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Suomi | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Norsk | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Čeština | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Español | Mangle; Mangle colorado; Mangle de chifle; mangle rojo | |
| Svenska | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Polski | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Український | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Român | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Русский | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Български | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| EESTI | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| 日本語 | Mangelbaum; Rote Mangrove | |
| Other names | Cunapo; Mangle zapatero; Mangrove; Red Mangrove (Trinidad & Tobago) |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Africa; Topical areas | |||
| States and Territories | USA (Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina); Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Yaracuy, Zulia); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Pernambuco, Bahia); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina); Galapagos; Nicaragua; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle); 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); Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten/St. Maarten; St. Vincent; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; SW-Nigeria; NW-Angola; Cameroon; Guinea-Bissau; Gabon; São Tomé; Benin; New Caledonia; Fiji; Wallis & Futuna; [Western] Samoa; Tonga (Tongatapu, Nomuka, Vava'u); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands); Fiji; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malpighiales | |||
| Family | Rhizophoraceae | |||
| Genus | Rhizophora | |||
| Species | mangle | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Rhizophora mangle L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/rhirhman.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | indistinct or not recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | braunrot | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.8-1.1 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
Bark
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
Flowers
, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson
, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson