Rhizophora mangle

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Rhizophora mangle - a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land buildingmangrovegenus Rhizophora, Rhizophora - type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubsangiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary