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Lumnitzera racemosa Willd.
Evergreen tree, height upto 10 m. deliquiscent and diffused, erect and much branched Pneumatophores occasionally developed as looping lateral roots Leaf simple cyclic or alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, apex rounded to emarginate, flattened, green , glabrous, pulvinous, Lamina subulate, entire or slightly wavy, obtuse or slightly notched in apex, green, dorsiventral, unicostate, reticulate venation, vein inconspicuously present. Inflorescence spike, 2-3 cm long, terminal or axillary Flowers pedicellate, pedicel short, bracteate, ovate, entire, acute, green, coriaceous, hermophrodite, actinimorphic, complete, erect, pentamerous, epigynous. Sepals 5, gamosepalous, forming a tube like structure, from the base to half portion of calyx tube Petals 5, polypetalous, oblong lanceolate, entire, acute, white, coriaceous, deciduous, superior, imbricate, alternate to sepals Stamens 10, free, arranged in two whorls, 5 stamens develop at the base of petal and other 5 stamens at the base of the sepal teeth Filament 0.5 cm in length, basifixed, round, soft, white, anther bilobed, extrose, exerted, superior Carpels 1, ovary inferior, 1.0 cm long, one chambered, 3 ovules, hanging from upper end of the ovarian chamber, style one terminal, white, gradually tapering , glabrous, soft, stigma absent. Fruit 1 seeded oblong ovoid, 1-2 cm long , yellowish green in colour, glossy surface, vase-shaped with hard corky coa, buoyant, dispersed by current.. Seed germination hypogeal or modified epigeal Evergreen tree, 20 m tall, fibrous fissured
bark, with spreading branches
Economic Importance :Stem bark contains
19% tannin, stem juice is said ti be useful for herpes and itches.
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