Jakarta, Oct. 23 -- The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) revealed that nine types of mangrove plants from Tadu Raya, Nagan Raya District, Aceh, have potential for medicinal use.

BRIN's researcher Alin Fithor explained the nine mangrove species consist of seven true mangroves and two plants associated with the mangrove ecosystem.

"The true mangrove plants are Avicennia marina , Bruguiera gymnorrhiza , Rhizophora apiculata , Rhizophora mucronata , Rhizophora stylosa , Sonneratia alba , and Sonneratia caseolaris ," he said in a statement in Jakarta on Friday.

Meanwhile, the plants associated with the mangrove ecosystem are Acanthus ilicifolius and Nypa fruticans , he continued.

According to him, local communities have tradi...