Avicennia officinalis

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Avicennia officinalis - a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific

white mangrove

Avicennia, genus Avicennia - small genus of tropical shrubs or trees

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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Anantharaman, "Botany effect of sodium chloride on photosynthetic pigments and photosynthetic characteristics of Avicennia officinalis," Recent Research in Science and Technology, vol.

Morphophysiological Traits of Gray Mangrove (Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh.) at Different Levels of Soil Salinity

Periasamy (1979) isolated 33 species of fungi from rhizosphere soil, pneumatophores and leaf litter of Avicennia officinalis. venkatesan (1981) isolated 35 species of cellulolytic fungi from soil, root and litter of Avicennia officinalis and Rhizophora mucronata.

Microbial decomposition of Avicennia officinalis leaf litter in a mangrove forest biome: Biochemical changes during decomposition, p.