**4. Uses**

**Common and vernacular names**

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Tabché, Tapché, Xtabché [17, 62].

**Distribution**

**3. Importance**

covering at least 60% of the coastline [61].

mangle vermelho (Brazil); mang wouj (Haiti) [8].

and Sonora to Chiapas in the Pacific Ocean [42].

Common names in Mexico: Candelón—Veracruz, Colima, Sinaloa; Mangle; Mangle colorado; Mangle dulce—Baja California, Oaxaca; Mangle rojo; Mangle tinto—Veracruz [17, 62]. Maya:

Mangle colorado, mangle (Honduras); mangle rojo (Costa Rica); mangle salado (Panama); Candelin, Mangle dulce (Mexico); mangle caballero, mangle gateador (Colombia); Mangle verdadero, mangle zapatero (Ecuador); purgua (Venezuela); apareiba, mangle zapateiro,

It is found on both coastlines of the country, from the state of Tamaulipas to the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and from the states of Baja California

Flowers and propagules of *Rhizophora mangle*. Agustín de Jesús Basáñez Muñoz (2006). Universidad Veracruzana

Mexico is among the five countries in the world with the largest extension of mangroves distributed; by 2015, 7,75,555 ha of mangroves have been registered in both coasts of the country

In 2005, the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) initiated the bases for what is now called the Mangrove Monitoring System of Mexico. The aim of the SMMM is to generate information about changes in the mangrove ecosystem through the evaluation of its spatial distribution and condition over time. From this information, we also look for the identification of existing, latent threats and trends of changes (loss, deterioration, or recovery), in such a way as to support their conservation, understanding, and management. Based on the information generated, the threats and trends of change that through analysis have been incorporated into the conservation of this ecosystem have been

They are used in firewood and coal; poles for fences, piles, railway sleepers, piers, boats, telegraph poles, and electricity; and furniture, cabinets, door frames, musical instruments, handles for tools, and agricultural implements. Newborn seedlings are edible if cooked but raw seeds are poisonous. The bark contains tannin and is used to tan skins. The infusion of its cooking is drunk as a remedy for diarrhea, intestinal irritation and colic, washing or bathing to heal wounds and hemorrhoids, or in bleeding gums rinses. The flowers are rich in honey and in nectar. The honey obtained is white, clear, and of excellent quality [4].
