Avicennia alba (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Avicennia alba Blume

Synonyms

Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. var. alba (Blume) Bakh., Avicennia officinalis L. var. alba (Blume) Hook. ex Jafri, Avicennia spicata Kunth.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: ros-rosan (Javanese)
• Malaysia: api-api hitam (Sarawak), api-api puteh (Peninsular)
• Philippines: api-api puti (general). Burma (Myanmar): lame
• Thailand: samae khao (central), mae le, phephe le (peninsular)
• Vietnam: mắm trắng.

Distribution

Along the coasts from western India and Sri Lanka to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, Thailand, throughout the Malesian region (except for the northern Philippines), the Palau and Yap Islands and the Solomon Islands.