A fact from Qurm Nature Reserve appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 May 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that both the Qurm Nature Reserve and the surrounding city of Qurm are named for the grey mangroves the reserve protects? Source: a tweet from the Sultanate's tourism ministry
Overall: AGF re hook source (?reliable?) provided; added FAO source confirms mangrove etymology, if not specifically Avicennia marina, and states that Avicennia marina is the most common/dominant species in the area, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 14:53, 6 May 2022 (UTC)Reply