Bruguiera exaristata
# Bruguiera exaristata

Bruguiera exaristata, commonly known as the rib-fruited mangrove or rib-fruited orange mangrove, is a mangrove of the family Rhizophoraceae.

The species is pollinated by $birds.^{:129}$ The species also contains tropine esters of acetic, benzoic, n-butyric, isobutyric, propionic, and isovaleric acids. The tropane alkaloid brugine is found in the bark of this species.

## Description

Bruguiera exaristata is a mangrove, forming mangrove swamps of small trees or shrubs with self-supporting growth in shallow saline or brackish water.

## Distribution

It is native to Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea and Northern Australia. It can be found along the coast at the mouth of the De Grey River, but it is rare in North West Cape.

