Sonneratia.] 
LX. LYTH RACEME. 
825 
6. SONNERATIA, Linn. fil. 
Big trees or shrubs growing near or in the sea, glabrous. Leaves 
fleshy-coriaceous opposite petioled. Flowers in cymes of 3, terminal 
large (occasionally solitary axillary). Calyx coriaceous ; lobes 4 to 8 
lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong 4 to 8 or none. Stamens numerous 
inserted in a band in tube. Ovary free or adnate at base of tube; 
style long. Stigma capitate. Berry sub-globose, 10- to 15-celled. 
Seeds many, curved, imbedded in pulp. Species 4 or 5, Indo- 
Malaya. 
Leaves narrow oblong; petals present and with stamens 
pink . . • ■ (1) S. acida 
Leaves obovate; petals o; stamens white. 
Leaves obovate narrowed to base . . . . (2) S. Griffithii 
Leaves oblong orbicular . . . . • . (3) S. alba 
(1) S. acida Linn. fil. Sufip. 252; Griff. Noiulce iv. 652; Clarke, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 580. 
Usually a shrub or small tree 10 to 35 ft. tall. Branches 4- angled. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong obovate acuminate narrowed 
to petiole blunt, 2 to 3 in. long, 1-25 in. wide. Buds solitary, 
ellipsoid. Calyx-tube not angled; lobes 6 to 8 triangular. Petals 
linear dilated upwards, pink. Stamens pink. Capsule depressed 
globose, 2 in. through. Hab. Tidal rivers. Singapore, Balestier 
Plain. Johor, Batu Pahat River. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. 
Perak, Matang (Wray). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distnb. 
India, Burma, Malaya. Native names : Bedat ; Bedata. 
Very distinct in its thin willow-like leaves and pink stamens. The 
Indian and Bornean plants have blunt tips to the leaves, ours and the 
Siamese forms are acuminate. 
(2) S. Griffithii Knrz, Pegu Report , App. B. 54; Clarke, in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 580. S. acida var. Griffithii King, l.c. 11. S. 
alba Griff. ( not Smith) Notula iv. 652. 
Tree growing in sea, large with very stout stem. Leaves 
obovate petioled, blunt, narrowed to base, 3-5 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles -5 in. long. Calyx-tube obconic, -5 in. long; lobes 5, 
triangular acute, *5 in. long. Petals o. Stamens 75 in. long, 
white. Style longer. Hab. In muddy bays in the sea. Singapore, 
Gelang ; Freshwater Island; Toas; Changi. Malacca, Pulau 
Jawa (Griffith) ; Selangor, Jugra and Pasir Panjang (Foxworthy) 
Perak, Sungei Limau (Foxworthy). Native names: Bedada; 
Pedada; Gadabu; Perepat. 
(3) S. alba Smith in Rees Cyclop, xxxiii. No. 2; Clarke, l.c. 
ii. 580; King, l.c. 11. 
Tree, large with many aerial roots. Leaves obovate to remform 
decurrent on petiole blunt, 2 to 4 in. long and as broad; petioles 
-25 in. long. Flower-buds narrow, ellipsoid tapering to both ends. 
