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Leaves simple, elliptic, thinly glossy green (7-17 cm L. and 2-8 cm W.). Petiole often reddish (not observed on this picture). Hypocotyl pencil-like, slender, green to 15 cm L. and 0,4 to 0,8 cm W. slightly grooved. Singapore.
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Trees (3 to 7 m in height) never forms a complete stand but is usually found singularly or in small groups. Sometimes deciduous in dry season_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Leaves turning bright red-orange before beeing replaced. Singapore
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Hypocotyl cigar shaped, elongate, dark green. Singapore.
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Roots on the ground surface, seems like buttress_Gaoqiao, south-western China.
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Mature bud to mature flower stage : White flowers, 1,5 to 2 cm long. 5-6 calyx lobes linear, 15 by 2 mm. 5-6 petals 15 mm long, 1 mm wide. Stamens numerous (30 to 40)inserted on the rim of the calyx cup, filaments 8 to 15 mm long. Floral disc cup shaped, enclosing the shallow nectar cup_Goaqiao, south-western China
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Species present in the inland mangrove and along the riverbanks where the sea water is sufficiently diluted by constant freshwater input. Also present at the limit of tidal influence, in mixed mangrove swamp forest communities (Fromard et al., 2004)
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Characteristic aerial stilt roots. At the base of the roots, young plant with small leaves, with the blade 10 to 12 by 5 cm, the petiole about 2cm long. Mangrove of Cubatão (São Paulo - Brazil)