Hamazakura (English name) Sonneratia alba Sm.

Japanese: ハマザクロ（英語表記）Sonneratia alba Sm.

An evergreen tall tree of the family Saltaceae, it grows in salt marshes along the coast, forming mangrove forests (illustration). This species is also known as Mayapushigi (meaning cat mangrove). The roots run horizontally and widely, with numerous woody, bamboo-shoot-like aspiration roots standing vertically. Large aspiration roots can reach 50cm in height and 10cm in diameter. The leaves are opposite, thick and fleshy, ovate or ovate-circular, with rounded tips and slightly rounded or short, pointed bases, without sawtooth edges, and 5-8cm long. The flowers grow singly at the tips of the twigs, 4-5cm in diameter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ハマザクロ科の常緑高木で，海辺の塩湿地に生え，マングローブ林をつくる（イラスト）。本種のことを一名マヤプシギ(猫ヒルギの意)という。根は水平に広く走り，たけのこに似た多数の木質の呼吸根を垂直に立てる。この呼吸根は大きなものは高さ50cm，直径10cmに達する。葉は対生し，厚い肉質で，卵形ないし卵状円形，先端は円く，基部はやや円形または短くとがり，ふちに鋸歯はなく，長さ5～8cm。花は小枝の先端に単生し，径4～5cm。

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