Aegiceras corniculatum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Primulaceae
Subfamilia: Myrsinoideae
Genus: Aegiceras
Species: Aegiceras corniculatum
Name

Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco
References

Flora de Filipinas 78. 1837
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aegiceras corniculatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Black Mangrove, River Mangrove

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.[3]

Description

Aegiceras corniculatum grows as a shrub or small tree up to 7 metres (23 ft) high, though often considerably less. Its leaves are alternate, obovate, 30–100 millimetres (1.2–3.9 in) long and 15–50 millimetres (0.59–1.97 in) wide, entire, leathery and minutely dotted. Its fragrant, small, white flowers are produced as umbellate clusters of 10–30, with a peduncle up to 10 mm long and with pedicels 10–18 millimetres (0.39–0.71 in) long. The calyx is 2–4 millimetres (0.079–0.157 in) long and corolla 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) long. The fruit is curved and cylindrical or horn-shaped, light green to pink in colour and 20–75 millimetres (0.79–2.95 in) long.[3] It grows in mud in estuaries and tidal creeks, often at the seaward edge of the mangrove zone.[4]

The species is of interest to many moths, including species from the genera Anarsia, Archips and Phyllocnistis, as well as the species Darna trima, Gonodontis clelia and Neurozerra conferta.[2]
Medicinal uses

Aegiceras corniculatum extract has analgesic properties[5] which supports a fight against diabetes.[6] The stems of the plant contain up to seven compounds, including: 2-methoxy-3-nonylresorcinol, 5-O-ethylembelin, 2-O-acetyl-5-O-methylembelin, 3,7-dihydroxy-2,5-diundecylnaphthoquinone, 2,7-dihydroxy-8-methoxy-3,6-diundecyldibenzofuran-1,4-dione, 2,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-3,9-diundecyldibenzofuran-1,4-dione (6), and 10-hydroxy-4-O-methyl-2,11-diundecylgomphilactone.[7]
References

Ellison, J.; Koedam, N.E.; Wang, Y.; Primavera, J.; Jin Eong, O.; Wan-Hong Yong, J.; Ngoc Nam, V. (2010). "Aegiceras corniculatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178797A7608891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T178797A7608891.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco[permanent dead link] Retrieved 2019-04-24.
"Aegiceras corniculatum". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
Neha Tusharbhai Patel; Amar Nath Pandey (2009). "Salinity tolerance of Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco from Gujarat coasts of India" (PDF). Anales de Biología. 31: 93–104.
Roome, Talat; Dar, Ahsana; Naqvi, Sabira; Choudhary, M. Iqbal (2011). "Evaluation of antinociceptive effect of Aegiceras corniculatum stems extracts and its possible mechanism of action in rodents". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 135 (2): 351–8. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.025. PMID 21419211.
S. Gurudeeban; K. Satyavani; T. Ramanathan; T. Balasubramanian (2012). "Antidiabetic effect of a black mangrove species Aegiceras corniculatum in alloxan-induced diabetic rats". J. Adv. Pharm. Technol. Res. 3 (1): 52–56. doi:10.4103/2231-4040.93560 (inactive 28 February 2022). PMC 3312728. PMID 22470894.

Xu M; Deng Z; Li M; Li J; Fu H; Proksch P; Lin W (2004). "Chemical constituents from the mangrove plant, Aegiceras corniculatum". Journal of Natural Products. 67 (5): 762–6. doi:10.1021/np030477z. PMID 15165134.

External links
"Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco". Atlas of Living Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13.