- Pronunciation: SARE-ee-ops TAH-gal
- Common Name: Spurred Mangrove, Yellow Mangrove
- Derivation: Ceriops: horn-like
- Type: Mangrove, Shrub, small Tree
- Family: RHYZOPHORACEAE
- Status: PROTECTED (Dept.of Fisheries)
- Size: to 2 metres
- Flowers: Calyx lobes soon reflexed; perals 4 mm
- Fruit: oval with narrow spear-shaped propagule (young Plant) to 10 cm
- Vegetation Type: Tidal Wetland,
- Species List: Fraser Island, Mangrove, BHNR, Regional Ecosystem 12.1.3.
Identification Notes
Buttressed roots covered by papery Bark;
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Copper jewel.
