Avicennia alba (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Avicennia alba Blume

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

• 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.

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.