Bruguiera exaristata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Flowers of Bruguiera exaristata.png

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|taxon = Bruguiera exaristata

|authority = Ding Hou

|synonyms = Bruguiera eriopetala var. exsetata {{small|Valeton}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Bruguiera exaristata Ding Hou |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719530-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 March 2025}}

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Bruguiera exaristata, commonly known as the rib-fruited mangrove or rib-fruited orange mangrove, is a mangrove of the family Rhizophoraceae.{{Flora of Australia Online|name=Bruguiera exaristata Ding Hou|id=48102}}{{APNI|name=Bruguiera exaristata Ding Hou|id=13902}}

The species is pollinated by birds.{{Cite book|last=Tomlinson|first=P. Barry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYswDQAAQBAJ&dq=Bruguiera+exaristata&pg=PA408|title=The Botany of Mangroves|date=2016-10-27|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-79065-6|language=en}}{{Rp|page=129}} The species also contains tropine esters of acetic, benzoic, n-butyric, isobutyric, propionic, and isovaleric acids.{{Cite book|last1=Srivastava|first1=Vikas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51QXEAAAQBAJ&dq=Bruguiera+exaristata&pg=PA17|title=Tropane Alkaloids: Pathways, Potential and Biotechnological Applications|last2=Mehrotra|first2=Shakti|last3=Mishra|first3=Sonal|date=2021|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=978-981-334-535-5|pages=9|language=en}} The tropane alkaloid brugine is found in the bark of this species.{{Cite book|last1=Puri|first1=Basant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCITWqQS_6MC&q=Bruguiera+exaristata|title=Phytochemical Dictionary: A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants, Second Edition|last2=Hall|first2=Anne|date=1998-12-16|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-203-48375-6|pages=340|language=en}}