| ID Characteristic | Coastlines and rivers. |
| Shape | Fairly tall but contorted with many adventitious prop roots shooting out the base with a highly elevated canopy. |
| Cultivation | Grows well in humidity, partial to full sun in sandy/silt loam. |
| Pests | Spotted mangrove crab (Goniopsis cruentata), the mangrove land crab
(Ucides cordatus), the coffee bean snail (Melampus coffea) and the ladder horn snail (Cerithidea scalariformis). |
| Habitat | Ocean coastlines and river inlets. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Bark is usually a smooth grey-to-tan brown colour when younger, thickening
as it gets older developing ridges instead of smoothness |
| Leaf Description | Grows in clusters at the end of branches. |
| Flower Description | Small and inconspicuous. Develops compound inflorescence, the flowers arise from the axil. |
| Fruit Description | Tube-like fruits of 3 - 5 cm in size, where a propagule will vertically grow out and fall. |
| Colour Description | Bright green canopy, tree and trunk vary slightly between a tanish-beige to dark brown. Its flowers are white with yellow petals. The fruit is brown and as it ripens turns green in colour with a brown tip. |
| Texture Description | Smooth but as it ages becomes more rigid as the bark starts to thicken and strengthen. |