A mangrove is a tropical marine tree. Mangroves have special aerial rootsand salt-filtering tap roots which enable them to thrive in brackish water. Brackishwater is salty but not as salty as sea water

The following are the types of mangroves in Indonesian

Komponen Mayor
1.Avicennia marina
2.Rhizophora apiculata
3.R. mucronata
4.Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
5.B. cylindrica
6.Nypa fruticans
7.Lumnitzera racemosa
8.Ceriops tagal
9.Ceriops decandra

Komponen Minor
1.Aegiceras corniculatum
2.Excoecaria agallocha
3.Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea
4.Pemphis acidula
5.Excoecaria agallocha
6.Acrostichum aureum

Asosiasi Mangrove
1.Vitex ovata 
2.Thespesia populnea
3.Terminalia catappa
4.Spinifex littoreus
5.Sesuvium portulacastrum
6.Scaevola taccada
7.Pandanus tectorius
8.Ipomoe pes-caprae
9.Hibiscus tiliaceus
10.Calotripos gigantea
11.Acanthus ilicifolius