Avicennia officinalis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Avicennia officinalis L.

• Avicennia obovata Griffith,
• Avicennia oepata Hamilton.

• White mangrove (En)
• Indonesia: ki balanak (Sundanese)
• Malaysia: api-api ludat (Peninsular), api-api sudu (Sarawak)
• Philippines: api-api (general)
• Burma (Myanmar): thame, theme-net
• Thailand: ape ape (peninsular), samae dam (central)
• Vietnam: mắm-luói-dòng.

Along the coasts from western India to Indo-China, Thailand and throughout the Malesian region.