Rhizophora mangle
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Rhizophora mangle - a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building

mangrove

genus Rhizophora, Rhizophora - type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs

angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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angiospermous tree flowering tree genus Rhizophora mangrove mangrove family Rhizophora			Ecologists tell us that mangroves provide double protection--the first layer of red mangroves with their flexible branches and tangled roots hanging in the coastal waters absorb the first shock waves. Tsunami, mangroves and the market economy by Sharma, Devinder / Synthesis/Regeneration [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the sheltered lagoons, foot-long, torpedo-shaped red mangrove propagules float just below the surface, gripped by tidal currents, their pointed tips trailing in the mud. Where trees walk and time stands still: Sarasota's Jim Neville Marine ... by Phillips, James / Sarasota Magazine After felling numerous white and red mangrove trees, an estimated 1,600 families poured into what is now called Colonia Fuerza Aerea. PACIFIC COAST ECOLOGY UNDER SIEGE by SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico			red helleborine red herring red hind RED HORSE red hot Red Indian red ink Red Jacket red jungle fowl red juniper red kangaroo red kauri red kowhai red lauan red lauan tree red laver red lead Red lead ore red light red line Red liquor Red maggot red maids red man Red manganese Red mangrove red maple red marrow red meat red mist Red mite red mordant red morning-glory red mulberry red mullet red ned Red Notice red oak red ocher red ochre red onion Red orpiment red osier red osier dogwood red packet red panda red pepper Red perch red periwinkle red phalarope Red phosphorus			Red Lobster Red locust Red locust Red Lodge High School Red Lodge Music Festival Red Lodge Nordic Center Red Lored Amazon Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Communications Ltd. Red Low Red Mage Red maggot red magnetism red maids red maids red maids Red Main Red Main Red Main Red Main red man Red man syndrome Red man syndrome Red man syndrome Red man's syndrome Red man's syndrome Red man's syndrome Red manganese red mange red mange red mange Red mangrove red maple red maple red maple Red marine algae Red marine algae red marrow red marrow red marrow Red Mason Bee red meat red meat Red Meat Construction Set Red Meat Industry Forum Red Meat Research and Development Trust of South Africa red meats red meats red men red mercury sulfide red metal Red Mexicana de Accion Frente al Libre Comercio Red Mexicana de Acción Frente Al Libre Comercio Red Mexicana de Derecho Ambiental Red mist Red mist Red mist Red mist Red mite Red mite Red Mombin Red moon

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Rhizophora mangle (redirected from Red mangrove)

Rhizophora mangle
(redirected from Red mangrove)