Mangrove
a tree inhabiting the shores of the tropical parts of the world tro tropical parts of the world in either hemisphere, and well known to navigators on account of the dense groves which it forms, even down into the water itself. It belongs to the genus Rhizothe Rhizophora (its name being Rhizophora Mangle), and is principally remarkable for its seeds germinating before the case in which they were generated dicle on the branches. The young radicle grows downward through the humid air, till it reaches the mud, in which it fixes itself, and then the leaves and new stem unfold at the opposite end. The white mangrove is Laguncularia racemosa, and the black mangrove, Avicennia tomentosa.