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Rhizophora is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of tropical mangrove
Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
 trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in inter-tidal areas which are indundated daily by the ocean. They exhibit a number of adaptations to this environment, including stilt-roots
Aerial root

"Pneumatophore" redirects here. It is also a name for the air bladder of the Portuguese Man o' War.Aerial roots are roots above the ground....
 that elevate the plants above the water and allow them to respire oxygen even while their lower roots are submerged, and a cytological
Cytology

Cytology means "the study of cell s".Cytology is that branch of life science, which deals with the study of cells in terms of structure, function and chemistry....
 molecular "pump" mechanism that allows them to remove excess salts from their cells.

The beetle Poecilips fallax
Poecilips fallax

Poecilips fallax is small beetle of the family Scolytidae. The beetle, related to carver beetles, is a pest to mangrove trees especially the Rhizophora mucronata and Rhizophora apiculata species....
 is a common pest of these trees.

The Red Mangrove is the state tree of Delta Amacuro
Delta Amacuro

Estado Delta Amacuro is one of the 23 states States of Venezuela into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Tucupita.Delta Amacuro State covers a total surface area of 40,200 km? and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 152,700....
 in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
; a dark brown dye can be produced from it, which is used in Tonga
Tonga

The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
n ngatu cloth
Tapa cloth

Tapa cloth is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga and Samoa, but as far afield as Java , New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii....
 production.

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Rhizophora is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of tropical mangrove
Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
 trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in inter-tidal areas which are indundated daily by the ocean. They exhibit a number of adaptations to this environment, including stilt-roots
Aerial root

"Pneumatophore" redirects here. It is also a name for the air bladder of the Portuguese Man o' War.Aerial roots are roots above the ground....
 that elevate the plants above the water and allow them to respire oxygen even while their lower roots are submerged, and a cytological
Cytology

Cytology means "the study of cell s".Cytology is that branch of life science, which deals with the study of cells in terms of structure, function and chemistry....
 molecular "pump" mechanism that allows them to remove excess salts from their cells.

The beetle Poecilips fallax
Poecilips fallax

Poecilips fallax is small beetle of the family Scolytidae. The beetle, related to carver beetles, is a pest to mangrove trees especially the Rhizophora mucronata and Rhizophora apiculata species....
 is a common pest of these trees.

The Red Mangrove is the state tree of Delta Amacuro
Delta Amacuro

Estado Delta Amacuro is one of the 23 states States of Venezuela into which Venezuela is divided. The state capital city is Tucupita.Delta Amacuro State covers a total surface area of 40,200 km? and, in 2007, had an estimated population of 152,700....
 in Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
; a dark brown dye can be produced from it, which is used in Tonga
Tonga

The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
n ngatu cloth
Tapa cloth

Tapa cloth is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga and Samoa, but as far afield as Java , New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii....
 production.

Selected species
  • Rhizophora apiculata
    Rhizophora apiculata

    Rhizophora apiculata is a species of plant in the Rhizophoraceae family. It is found in Australia , Guam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam....
     – bakauan lalaki (Philippines
    Philippines

    The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
    ) bakau minyak
  • Rhizophora × lamarckii (R. apiculata × R. stylosa)
  • Rhizophora mangle
    Rhizophora mangle

    Rhizophora mangle, known as the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its viviparous "seeds," in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree....
     – Red Mangrove, tongo (Tonga
    Tonga

    The Kingdom of Tonga in the south Pacific Ocean comprises an archipelago of 171 islands, 48 of them inhabited, stretching over a distance of about 800 kilometres in a north-south line....
    )
  • Rhizophora mucronata Lam.
  • Rhizophora racemosa
  • Rhizophora × selala (Salvoza) P.B.Tomlinson (R. mangle × R. stylosa)
  • Rhizophora stylosa Griff. – Spotted Mangrove, bakauan bato (Philippines)