《中国植物志》|| 红树科 RHIZOPHORACEAE ||红树属 Rhizophora Linn. ||红茄苳 Rhizophora mucronata Lam.

2.红茄苳（中国树木分类学）茄藤（台湾）图版35: 10
Rhizophora mucronata Poir. in Lam., Tabl. Enc. (Text.) 2: 517. 1794; Lam., Tabl. Enc. 1: f. 396. f. 2. 1797; Poir. in Lam., Tabl. Enc. 6: 189. 1804; Kanehira, Formos. Trees Rev. ed. 496. 1936; Li, Woody Fl. Taiwan 634. excl. f. 251. 1963.
乔木；树皮褐色，有纵裂皮孔；支柱根下垂入地。叶阔椭圆形至矩圆形，长10-16厘米，宽5-10厘米，顶端钝尖或短尖，基部楔形，中脉和叶柄均绿色；叶柄粗壮，长2.5-5厘米；托叶长5.5-8.5厘米。总花梗从当年生的叶腋长出，约与叶柄等长，有花2至多朵；花具短梗，基部有合生的小苞片；花萼裂片卵形，长12-15毫米，宽5-7毫米，淡黄色；花瓣比花萼短，边缘被白色长毛；，雄蕊8，4枚瓣上着生，4枚萼上着生；子房上部圆锥形，突出花盘外，长2.5-3毫米，花柱不明显，长0.5-1.5毫米，顶端浅2裂。成熟的果实长卵形，顶端收窄，基部粗糙，暗褐绿色，长5-7厘米，直径2.5-3.5厘米；胚轴圆柱形，粗糙，长36-64厘米，直径1.8厘米。
产我国台湾的高雄港，生于海湾两岸盐滩或潮水到达的沼泽地。分布于非洲东海岸、 印度、马来西亚、菲律宾、澳大利亚北部。模式标本采自毛里求斯。
木材坚重，边材淡红色，心材暗红色，耐腐性强，浸于水中经久不腐烂，为良好的建筑 用材，也为优质的燃料。树皮入药，有收敛作用，又为良好的鞣革原料。果实味甜可食。

《Flora of China》|| Rhizophoraceae || Rhizophora ||红茄冬 Rhizophora mucronata

2. Rhizophora mucronata Lamarck ex Poiret, Encycl. 6: 189. 1804.

红茄冬 hong qie dong

Rhizophora longissima Blanco.

Trees, to 27(-30) m, d.b.h. to 70 cm. Stipules 5.5-8.5 cm. Petiole 2.5-4 cm; leaf blade broadly elliptic to oblong, 8.5-16 × 5-10 cm, base cuneate, apex ± blunt to ± acute. Inflorescences 2-4(-8)-flowered cymes; peduncle 2-5 cm. Flowers sessile. Calyx lobes ovate, 9-14 × 5-7 mm. Petals lanceolate, 7-9 mm, fleshy, partly embracing stamens, margins pilose. Stamens 8, 4 borne on base of petals, 4 borne on sepals, 6-8 mm; anthers sessile. Ovary emerging far beyond disk, free part elongate-conic, 2-3 mm; style 0.5-1.5 mm. Fruit dirty brownish green, elongate-ovoid, 5-7 × 2.5-3.5 cm, basally often tuberculate, apically slightly contracted. Hypocotyl cylindric, 30-60 cm. 2n = 36.

Mangrove forests; sea level. Taiwan [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; E Africa, SW Asia, N Australia, Indian Ocean islands, New Guinea, Madagascar, Pacific islands].