Red-flowered mangrove - Red-flowered mangrove

Japanese: アカバナヒルギモドキ - あかばなひるぎもどき
Red-flowered mangrove - Red-flowered mangrove

...It is widely distributed along tropical coastlines from the east coast of Africa to Southeast Asia and Polynesia, and is found as far north as the main island of Okinawa. There is another species in the Lumnitzera genus, L. littorea (Jack) Voigt, which is found in mangroves from Southeast Asia to Polynesia, and which grows larger, usually has knee-root-shaped aerial roots, and red flowers. Both species grow on the land side of mangroves. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "red-flowered mangrove" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アフリカ東岸から東南アジア,ポリネシアにわたる熱帯の海岸に広く分布し,北限として沖縄本島にまでみられる。 ヒルギモドキ属Lumnitzeraにはもう1種ベニバナヒルギL.littorea (Jack) Voigt(一名アカバナヒルギモドキ)が東南アジアからポリネシアのマングローブにあり,この方が木が大きくなり,ふつう膝根(しつこん)型の気根をもち,花が赤い。両種ともマングローブの陸に近い側に生育する。…

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