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Kinabenuwa Mangrove Swamp

Labuan’s largest mangrove forest (374.21 ha), home to 47 plant species from 23 families including Merbau Ipil, Hybrid Gedabu, Gedabu and Gelam Laut, a Bornean endemic.

Labuan’s mangrove forests cover about 5% of its land area, with the largest found at Kinabenuwa (374.21 ha), followed by Sungai Gersik (95.91 ha) and Sungai Ganggarak (81.20 ha). To date, biodiversity data is primarily available for Kinabenua, recording 47 plant species from 23 families, including 29 tree species. Notable species here include Merbau Ipil (Intsia bijuga), classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, Hybrid Gedabu (Sonneratia × hainanensis), which is Critically Endangered, Gedabu (Sonneratia ovata), Near Threatened, and Gelam Laut (Osbornia octodonta), a Bornean endemic species.

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