Wild Flowering Plants

Acanthaceae
Avicennia schaueriana   Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke
Manng salé. Black mangrove.
Lesser Antilles to Uruguay.
Very rare tree of coastal mangrove swamps. Collected at Mankote.  Very similar to the common Avicennia germinans,  most easily distinguished by leaf shape.
D Predominantly a tropical America Atlantic species, its northern range extends to Martinique.
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