Main features: Grows up to 15m tall.
Bark: Cream, grey to brown bark, slight vertical fissures.
Roots: No buttresses or prop roots. Has pneumatophores that are cone-shaped (unlike the pencil-like ones of Avicennia).
Leaves: Rounded, leathery, opposite, upper and underside of leaf similar.
Flower: White, pom-pom-like, open only for one night.
Fruit: Large (4 cm) green, leathery berries with a star-shaped base. Contains 100-150 tiny seeds that are white, flattened and buoyant.
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