Tags: Flowering Plant.
Avicennia officinalis is a species of mangrove. The young tree forms a low dense bushy crown. When it matures it forms a columnar tree up to 15 m and may grow up to 30 m. The shiny green leaves 10 cm long by 5 cm wide have rounded apexes and golden-brown under leaf and grow in opposites. The flower the largest among the Avicennia species has a diameter of 6 to 10 mm when expanded. It is orange yellow to lemon yellow in color. The bark is smooth dirty green to dark gray in color.
