Which mangrove species, commonly known as the grey mangrove, is one of the few mangroves found in the arid regions of the coastal Arabian Peninsula and excretes salt through its leaves?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Avicennia marina
- Step 1: Avicennia marina is commonly known as grey mangrove or white mangrove and is one of the few mangroves found in the arid regions of the coastal Arabian Peninsula. Answer: Avicennia marina. The plant tolerates salty water by excreting salts through its leaves. Why not the others: Rhizophora mangle, bruguiera gymnorhiza and sonneratia alba don't fit.
Practise more Islands, Marine Ecology and Coral Reefs.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed General Knowledge (United Arab Emirates) mock tests.
More Islands, Marine Ecology and Coral Reefs questions
- How does the Persian Gulf rank in dugong population worldwide?
- On which Abu Dhabi island did excavations yield a small natural pearl carbon dated to 5800/5600 BCE?
- Which island of Sharjah, about 65 km off the coast of Abu Dhabi, is the UAE's leading nesting site for hawksbill turtles?
- Which island did Sheikh Zayed choose as a retreat after becoming the first president of the UAE in 1971?
- Sir Bu Nair Island, one of the most important hawksbill turtle nesting sites in the Persian Gulf, belongs to which emirate?
- Which seagrass genus, together with Halophila, makes up the main diet of dugongs?