The Red Mangrove or Mangel tan (Rhizophora mangel) as it is called in Papiamentu, is known as the mangrove tree with the stilt roots that grows in the salt water of the sea.
The most striking ‘wet’ forests in the world, but still somewhat the ‘underdogs’ of the forests as a whole, are the mangrove forests, the only forests that can grow and flourish in and near salt water.
Mangrove forests were the neglected child, forgotten by many despite major information campaigns by nature organisations over the years.