Avicennia officinalis.
Botanical name:
Avicennia officinalis Linn. Verbenaceae. New Zealand Mangrove.
Region of the Caspian. This plant transudes a gum which the natives of New Zealand esteem as a food. The kernels are bitter but edible.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
