Mangrove

For the biome, see Mangrove swamp.
Mangrove
Mangrove Tree.png: Infobox image for Mangrove the structure in Minecraft
Biomes

Mangrove Swamp

Generates in
existing chunks

Yes

Consists of

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 moss carpet-covered roots supporting a central trunk. From a large canopy hangs vines and mangrove propagules.

Generation

Bee nest on a mangrove
A mangrove as it appears in trial chambers.

Mangroves spawn naturally in the mangrove swamp biome and in "display 2" inside trial chambers entrance types.

Blocks and items

These items can be obtained from mangrove:

Planting

A mangrove in air, held by a single grass block.
The locations where solid blocks can go are shown by brown stained glass.
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Mangrove propagules can be planted and grown on all of these blocks, even if submerged underwater:

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.

Based on 1000+ iterations of using a command block to replace the central mangrove tree trunk with air, and the propagule on the ground, along with using a high random tick speed rate, the maximum dimensions the 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.

The maximum mangrove tree appearance.
The underlying skeleton of the maximum mangrove tree.

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

Java Edition:

NameIdentifier
EnvSprite mangrove-tree.png: Sprite image for mangrove-tree in Minecraft [No displayed name]mangrove
EnvSprite tall-mangrove-tree.png: Sprite image for tall-mangrove-tree in Minecraft [No displayed name]tall_mangrove

Config

Main article: Tree § Config

History

Java Edition
1.1922w14aAdded mangrove trees.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.0beta 1.19.0.20Added mangrove trees.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.23Mangroves 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.

References

  1. MC-249937 — Propagules grown without a flower nearby can generate bee nests in the mangrove tree — resolved as "Works As Intended".

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