Rhizophora mangle
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Rhizophora mangle

red mangrove

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Rhizophora mangle, the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. These are dispersed by water until eventually embedding in the shallows.

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Seasonality

Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 11 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 61 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 125 · GBIF 204 records
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 29
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 20 · GBIF 25
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 18
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 13
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 5
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Waikapū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
N/A · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Malaekahana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1