Scyphiphora hydrophylaceaC.F.Gaertn.

yamstick mangrove

WFO wfo-0000308652 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. a Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2011-10-21 / obs. 51178907
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. b Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59708779
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. c Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59708963
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. d Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183665102
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. e Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51178561
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. f Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183665071
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Abu Hamas
fig. g Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51178933
Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. h Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183665082

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Scyphiphora hydrophylacea is native: Madagascar, Hainan, Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is., New Caledonia MadagascarHainanBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandNew Caledonia Andaman Is.Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC
Madagascar MDG AFRICA
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Epithinia malayana Jack
  • Hydnophytum costatum Drake
  • Ixora manila Blanco
  • Psychotria philippensis Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Scyphiphora malayana (Jack) Bedd.
  • Uragoga philippensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SCHY. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.