Avicennia alba

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Botanical name
Avicennia alba
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Avicennia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Avicennia alba

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Avicennia alba but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Avicennia alba var. latifolia Avicennia marina var. alba Avicennia officinalis var. alba

Others in Avicennia

Avicennia balanophora
Avicennia bicolor
Avicennia germinans
Black Mangrove
Avicennia integra
Avicennia marina
Gray Mangrove
Avicennia marina subsp. marina
Avicennia marina var. rumphiana
Avicennia schaueriana

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