Did you know that Pemphis acidula is one of the popular plant species used in bonsai in Notrhten East Asia due to its tropical preference and typhoon-resistance?

Pemphis - Pemphis acidula

Pemphis acidula, commonly known as bantigue (pron. bahn-TEE-geh) or mentigi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae. It is a mangrove found throughout most of the tropical Indo-Pacific growing on rocky shores. The genus Pemphis, to which it belongs, was until recently thought to have only this single species, first described in 1775 and long considered the type species, but is now believed to have at least one other.

Pemphis acidula is an evergreen shrub or densely branching small tree usually growing from 0.6 - 8 metres tall, occasionally up to 11 metres. The bole is usually gnarled and much-branched. Occasionally the plant is a dwarf creeping shrublet only 15 cm high.  The leaves are succulent, pointed greyish-green, narrowly elliptic or lanceshaped, and are arranged opposite to each other on thick woody branches. Flattened hairs are found all over the leaves.

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