BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA
Plate XL Useful Plants of Guam
Local name: Mangle macho (Guam); Bacao, Bacauan- bakawan (Philippines); Taka-tsuku, Kure-tsuku (Japan)
A smooth-skinned tree growing to a height of 12 or 15 meters with short, prop-like supporting roots growing from the trunk near the base. Common in Guam in 1900, growing in the swamps at the mouths of nearly all the streams; especially abundant near Atantano and along the southern shores of the island. Its heartwood is very heavy, hard and of a dark red color.
For more information, see Safford's Useful Plants of Guam, 2009 facsimile edition, pages 202-203.
A smooth-skinned tree growing to a height of 12 or 15 meters with short, prop-like supporting roots growing from the trunk near the base. Common in Guam in 1900, growing in the swamps at the mouths of nearly all the streams; especially abundant near Atantano and along the southern shores of the island. Its heartwood is very heavy, hard and of a dark red color.
For more information, see Safford's Useful Plants of Guam, 2009 facsimile edition, pages 202-203.