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''Sonneratia caseolaris'', commonly known as mangrove apple, is a species of plant in the family Lythraceae. The fruit is noted for its outward similarity to the persimmon fruit.
This tree is a type of
In Sri Lanka, where the fruit is known as ''kirala gédi'' (කිරල ගෙඩි) in Sinhala, the pulp of the fruit is mixed with coconut milk extract and made into a milk shake.''Apé Lamā Lōkaya:1950'', Chapter 28 (Vijitha Yapa Publications) Many tourist resorts situated in the South of Sri Lanka where the trees grow abundantly alongside rivers, offer fresh fruit drinks made from the fruit. In the Maldives the fruits are used as a refreshing drink and also eaten with scraped coconut & sugar. The tree is also sometimes known as cork tree, because fishermen in some areas make fishing net floats by shaping the pneumatophores into small floats.
Mangrove flora: berembang (Sonneratia caseolaris)
Sonneratia caseolaris
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This tree is a type of mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in several ...
growing up to 20 m in height and with a trunk reaching a maximum diameter of 50 cm. It is present in tropical tidal mud flats from Africa to Indonesia, southwards down to northeast Australia and New Caledonia
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and northwards up to Hainan Island
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in China and the Philippines.
The fruit of this tree is the subject of a legend of Maldivian folklore, ''Kulhlhavah Falhu Rani''. Kuhlhavah (ކުއްޅަވައް) is the Dhivehi name for the mangrove apple (Sonneratia caseolaris).
The tree is associated with congregating fireflies throughout southeast Asia and is the food source of moth and other insects.
Uses
The leaves and the fruit are edible and appreciated as food in certain areas, such asMaldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives,, ) and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the A ...
.Mangrove AppleIn Sri Lanka, where the fruit is known as ''kirala gédi'' (කිරල ගෙඩි) in Sinhala, the pulp of the fruit is mixed with coconut milk extract and made into a milk shake.''Apé Lamā Lōkaya:1950'', Chapter 28 (Vijitha Yapa Publications) Many tourist resorts situated in the South of Sri Lanka where the trees grow abundantly alongside rivers, offer fresh fruit drinks made from the fruit. In the Maldives the fruits are used as a refreshing drink and also eaten with scraped coconut & sugar. The tree is also sometimes known as cork tree, because fishermen in some areas make fishing net floats by shaping the pneumatophores into small floats.
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*Mangrove flora: berembang (Sonneratia caseolaris)
Sonneratia caseolaris
caseolaris Flora of tropical Asia Flora of Queensland Edible fruits {{Myrtales-stub