Aegiceras corniculatum, commonly known as black mangrove, river mangrove, goat's horn mangrove, or khalsi, is a species of shrub or tree mangrove in the primrose family, Primulaceae, with a distribution in coastal and estuarine areas ranging from India through South East Asia to southern China, New Guinea and Australia.

China to Tropical Asia and N. Australia, Lord Howe Island. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Aegiceras corniculatum or River Mangrove is a short tree or shrub that grows to 6 m tall. It has elliptic to spoon-shaped leaves, pointed white flower buds which bloom into fragrant, 5-petalled, tubular flowers. The fruit is a crescent-shaped, single-seeded capsule which resembles a chili.

2020年10月7日 · Aegiceras corniculatum is a mangrove species – growing as a shrub or small tree up to 7 metres high (but typically about 3 metres or so). It grows in a patchy distribution along the entirety of the NSW coast, as well as the coast of Qld, NT and the top half of WA.

Plants ca. 1.5 m tall. Branchlets reddish or blackish brown, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade elliptic or broadly obovate, 3-8 × 2-4.5 cm, leathery, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute, apex rounded or emarginate; lateral veins 7-11 on each side of midrib, densely puberulent abaxially.

Aegiceras corniculatum, commonly known as Black Mangrove, River Mangrove or Khalsi, is a species of shrub or tree mangrove in the Myrsine family (or Primrose family) with a distribution in coastal and estuarine areas ranging from India through South East Asia to southern China, New Guinea and Australia.

Aegiceras corniculatum, a Myrsinaceae mangrove plant, is called Khalsi in Bengali and grows in India, China, Singapore, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Singapore. Traditional medicine has used the plant’s fruits, leaves, and stem bark to treat asthma, arthritis, diabetes, inflammation, cancer, hepatic diseases, and many others [ 6 ].