Mangrove Species of Sg. Ular (Station 2)

Species 1

Lumnitzera littorea

Family Name: Combretaceae

Common Name: Teruntum Merah

Part of the plant used for medicinal also used for timber and products.

Species 2

Bruguiera cylindrica

Family Name: Rhizophoraceae

Common Name: Bakau Putih

The tree characterized as buttresses and knee roots that rise above the substrate and it has greyish bark. Next, it grows in firm clay or mud, in both the landward and seaward sides of mangrove forests. It is used for timber and products also the fruits and roots are edible.

Species 3

Avicennia officinalis

Family Name: Acanthaceae

Common Name: Api-api Ludat

It has large orange-yellow flowers that smell rancid. The leaves are oblong shaped and the underside are distinctly yellowish green. The fruit is also edible and the wood can be used as fuel while resin in bark can be extract for contraceptive making.

Species 4

Rhizophora apiculata

Family Name: Rhizophoraceae

Common Name: Bakau Minyak, Bakau tandok, Bakau akik

The tree characterised with stilt roots and sometimes has aerial roots. It also has smooth, dark green, and leathery leaves. Its wood used for foundation piles, beams, outriggers of canoes, furniture, firewood and making of charcoal.

Species 5

Rhizophora stylosa

Family Name: Rhizophoraceae

Common Name: Bakau Pasir

The tree characterized with stilt roots and sometimes with aerial roots and it has pear-shaped fruit also with leathery leaves which broadly elliptic. Its wood is used for firewood and charcoal.