Aegiceras corniculatum

Aegiceras corniculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Aegiceras
Species:
A. corniculatum
Binomial name
Aegiceras corniculatum
Synonyms
  • Rhizophora corniculata Linnaeus
  • Aegiceras fragrans
  • Aegiceras majus
  • Aegiceras malaspinaea

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.