ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Burma Mangrove. The heavy wood is durable, but hard to saw and work. It is used for construction, furniture, house-posts, and pilings. Thousands of tons of Bruguiera wood chips are exported annually from Indonesia, Sabah, and Sarawak for pulp and for rayon manufacture. Reported to be astringent, the bark is used for diarrhea and fever in Indonesia. Cambodians use the astringent bark for malaria. Estimated to range from Tropical Moist to Rain through Subtropical Moist to Rain Forest Life Zones, Burma mangrove is reported to tolerate annual precipitation of 10 to 80 dm, annual temperature of 20 to 26°C, and pH of 6.0 to 8.5. Species of Rhizophoraceae, growing only from the tips of the branches, are often killed by indiscriminate lopping of branches.
