Bruguiera Lamk


Tree, upto 20 m height
3-Flowers in each group
Petals white
Calyx tube smooth
Lobes equal to tube, completely reflexed in fruit
Petals 3 - 4 mm long
Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume

Medium tree,
Leaves elliptic oblong
Mature calyx-tube not distinctly ribbed
Flowers solitary, 3-4 cm long
Petioles, midribs, pedicels and flowers reddish or scarlet
 Each petal lobe with 1-4 apical bristles  exceeding the lobe apices

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Savigny

Medium tree upto 15 m height
Flowers usually small, 1.2 cm long or smaller
Calyx lobes slender, short upto 3 mm, reflexed in fruits
Petals 1.5 - 2.0 mm long yellowish
 
Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wt. & Arn.ex. Griff.

Small tree, yellowish distinct mid-vein
Leaves elliptic oblong
Petal lobe tip blunt; without filamentous appendages.
Petioles, midribs, pedicels and flowers yellow
Mature calyxtube distinctly ribbed
Each petal lobe with 0-2 apical bristles  not exceeding the lobe apices
Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir