EPPO Global Database

Bruguiera gymnorhiza(BUGGY)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BUGGY
  • Preferred name: Bruguiera gymnorhiza
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Lamarck

Notes

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, eastern Africa from Somalia to South Africa, Madagascar. Introduced in China (Taiwan), USA (Florida)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Bruguiera capensis von Blume
Bruguiera conjugata (Linnaeus) Merrill
Bruguiera rumphii von Blume
Rhizophora gymnorrhiza Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
black mangrove English (ZA)
large-leafed orange mangrove English
orange mangrove English
oriental mangrove English
manglier noir French
palétuvier des Indes French
mangle macho Spanish (ES)
swartwortelboom Afrikaans
tumu Malay
kankra Bengali
mù lǎn Chinese
木榄 Chinese