This guide gathers the 31 kinds of mangrove and lagoon plants recorded within about 25 km of the village, most of them on iNaturalist. Growth form, habitat and native status come from CONABIO (Enciclovida), Kew (WCVP) and regional floras. Tap a photo for the species page.
In flower in
Plants on this page usually seen in flower this month, from iNaturalist records in Mexico.
Know these first
Know before you touch
These plants on this page are poisonous or harmful. Each one links to its warnings in the medicinal plants guide.
Calendar
How many flower each month
Number of species on this page seen in flower each month (21 with enough records). Red bar: this month.
31 species
Every species
Months in flower (January to December), from iNaturalist records in MexicoMedicinal documented usesEdible documented food uses⚠ poisonous or harmful
Mangrove and lagoon (25)
Rivers and wet ground (6)
Each species appears once, under the first habitat the sources record for it. Photos are from iNaturalist under their licenses.
Photo credits (30, iNaturalist)
- Alligator flag (Thalia geniculata): saulmiguelz, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Anglestem Indian Mallow (Abutilon trisulcatum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans): ana_ozomahtli, CC-BY-NC
- Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus): pimienta, CC-BY-NC
- Dotleaf Waterlily (Nymphaea ampla): isa_moguel, CC-BY-NC
- Madras Thorn (Pithecellobium dulce): guadalupe_maganda_silva, CC-BY-NC
- Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle): naturazihua-24, CC-BY-NC
- Rock Rosemary (Distimake quinquefolius): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Ruffled Sword Plant (Echinodorus subalatus): mar_y_sierra_silvestre, CC0, elsewhere in Mexico
- Scorpion's-tail (Heliotropium angiospermum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum): taniaortega, CC-BY-NC
- Southern Swamp Crinum (Crinum americanum): marcofuentes, CC-BY-NC
- Tropical speedwell (Evolvulus alsinoides): thomas_hartt, CC-BY-NC
- Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Water Dead-and-Awake (Neptunia plena): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): regifreyman8, CC-BY-NC
- White Fenrose (Kosteletzkya depressa): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa): pimienta, CC-BY-NC
- White manjack (Cordia dentata): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Casearia corymbosa (Casearia corymbosa): vicsteinmann, CC-BY-NC
- Golden Leather Fern (Acrostichum aureum): jordi_cobiix, CC-BY-NC-SA, elsewhere in Mexico
- Lycianthes lenta (Lycianthes lenta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Pond Apple (Annona glabra): betootero, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus): pnvg_apffhg, CC-BY-NC
- Stinkingtoe (Hymenaea courbaril): alex_nava_hernandez, CC-BY-NC
- Greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza): alma_naba, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes): soulbiol, CC-BY-NC