Rhizophora Mangle

Rhizophora Mangle
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Red mangrove (E); Ailikinnut (Cu); Mangle colorado (S) . the roots have served as famine food. The leaves make a tea. Dried fruits can be smoked like citgars. Dried leaves are also smoked in pipes. The wood is reported to burn green. Boiled bark yields furniture stain. This species is a honey plant. The bark is febrifugal, expectorant, and antihemorrhagic and enters a folk cure for leprosy. Brown branches are used by Mulatupu Cuna to make fish lines. In the Choco, the mangrove is being exploited for the pulp industry. Elsewhere, it is an important tannin and charcoal source. In Panama, it is being considered for telephone poles.

EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.

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