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3. Sonneratia griffithii Kurzwfo-0000501346

J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 40(2): 56. 1871 in clavis; Fl. Burm. 1: 527. 1877; Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 580. 1879; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 825. 1922, pro parte; Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 732. 1931; Back. & Steenis in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 4: 286. F. 4. 1951; Whitmore in Tree Fl. Mal. 1: 445. 1972; Fl. Bangladesh 12: 7. 1980.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Large-sized, columnar tree up to 30 m high; deciduous, base usually hollowin old. Pneumatophores stout, 30–40 cm long, ± swollen to nail-shaped at the end. Leaves broadly obovate, ovate to suborbicular, 5–8 by 4–7 cm; apex broadly rounded, usually slightly broadly retuse; petiole 3–8 mm long. Flowers usually in groups of 2–5, or solitary. Calyx bud 2–3 by 2–2.5 cm; tube broadly campanulate; lobes 6–7, 1.4 ;2 cm long. Filaments 3–4 cm long. Peduncle tetragonous. Berry 2–3 cm high, 3.5–5.2 cm across; plate-shaped fruiting hypanthium 5–7 cm diam. including subhorizontally spreading to slightly reflexed calyx-lobes.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Ranong, Phangnga, Krabi, Trang, Satun.

Distribution : Bangladesh, Burma (type), Andaman Islands, and western coast of the Malay Peninsula.

Ecology : Sporadic in the inner zones of mangrove forests, preferably in the firm, stiff muddy soil where salinity is reduced. In places where mounds of mud lobster (Thalassina anomala) are evident, the species reaches its optimal development. The trees also ascend the tidal rivers as far as the water is brackish.

Vernacular : Lamphaen hin (ลำแพนหิน).