For the biome, see Mangrove Swamp.
A mangrove is a tree with large canopies and aerial root systems found in mangrove swamps. They can grow in water or on land, and their wood color is vermillion. They can be planted in the air, but their roots always touch the ground.
Appearance
Mangroves consist of four large "branches" of mangrove roots supporting a central trunk, covered with moss carpets. The main trunk is short with a large, randomized canopy covered in vines. Mangrove propagules sometimes hang underneath the leaves.
There are two types of mangrove trees: regular (small) and tall mangroves.
Generation
Mangroves generate naturally in the mangrove swamp biome. Every tree has a 1% chance to generate with a bee nest with 2-3 bees inside.
A unique variant has a 2⁄9 (22.2%) chance to generate in "display 2" inside trial chambers entrances.
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The mangrove generated in a trial chambers starter room
Planting
Mangrove propagules can be planted and grown on all of these blocks, even if submerged underwater:
Dirt
Grass Block
Coarse Dirt
Podzol
Mycelium
Rooted Dirt
Moss Block
Pale Moss Block
Farmland
Mud
Muddy Mangrove Roots
Clay
When mangrove trees grow, they convert any mud in the way of the mangrove roots to muddy mangrove roots. They require a minimum clear space of 5×5 to grow. However, they can grow in smaller spaces, like a 1×1 area, as long as the walls don't exceed 10 blocks in height from the block where the sapling is planted. In such cases, the tree grows on top of the confined space. The smallest box in which a tree can be planted is 5×5×5, and the tree's maximum size blueprint occupies a 13×13×18 volume. They require a block (excluding mud, muddy mangrove roots, mangrove roots, vines, leaves, and moss carpet) to be in all four directions; within a 1×15×5 area for the north and south and 5×15×1 in the east and west vertically centered on the block the mangrove propagule is planted on; for each column only the highest block (excluding mud and water) in the area is checked. Not every combination of locations is valid, the roots have specific patterns of columns they check. The roots grow to these blocks.
The maximum dimensions of a mangrove tree is 27 blocks tall, 17×17 wide, consisting of leaves that are 5 pillars of 5×5 leaves arranged in a cross pattern, with tapering on the bottom and hollowing on the top. The center is the lowest, north and south are a block taller, and east and west are yet another block taller. The branches can spread as far as 5 blocks from the center trunk, and as high as 25 blocks from the ground. The roots appear to form pyramids to hold the outward and upward spread of logs.
Vines can appear anywhere on the tree. Propagules can appear anywhere on the tree provided that there is space underneath a leaf block.
When a mangrove grows from a propagule, it has a 1% chance of generating a bee nest containing 2-3 bees. Unlike other tree types, this does not require the propagule to be placed next to flowers.[1]
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier |
|---|---|
 [No displayed name] | mangrove |
 [No displayed name] | tall_mangrove |
| Name | Identifier |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | mangrove_tree_feature |
| [No displayed name] | mangrove_tree_with_beenest_feature |
| [No displayed name] | tall_mangrove_tree_feature |
| [No displayed name] | tall_mangrove_tree_with_beenest_feature |
Config
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19 | 22w14a | Added mangrove trees. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.20 | Added mangrove trees. | |||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.23 | Mangroves are sparser. | |||||
| Mangroves now generate over water. | |||||||
Trivia
- In real life, a mangrove refers to any tree or shrub that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
Issues
Issues relating to "Mangrove" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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The two types of mangrove trees -
Bee nest on a mangrove -
A small mangrove generated in water -
Mangrove as seen from below, with the roots, propagules, and moss carpets -
Mangroves generated on a cliff -
A mangrove floating in the air, supported by a single grass block -
The maximum mangrove tree appearance -
The underlying skeleton of the maximum mangrove tree
