James A. Duke. Handbook of Energy Crops. Uses Information on Avicennia species is confused, due to the difficulty, historically at any rate, of distinguishing the species. Ashes are added to water as a soap substitute. Bark is used for tanning.
Flowers are a major source of honey.
Salvadorans use the resin for chest complaints and sore throat. Bark dark gray or brown and smooth on small trunks, becoming dark brown, fissured, scaly, and thick. Spikes or panicles headlike, upright at and near ends of twigs. Germplasm Reported from the Middle and South American Centers of Diversity, black mangrove, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate disease, insects, pests, salt, and waterlogging. Seems to tolerate prolonged flooding.