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  • This research was to study the effect of seedling age to the growth of two type of mangroves (Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora mucronata). This research was carried out in Estuary of Musi River, Delta Upang, Banyuasin, South Sumatra, started from June to September 2009. This research used a Randomized Block Design which was arranged in Factorial with two factors. First factor was type of mangrove, that were Rhizophora apiculata (S1) and Rhizophora mucronata (S2). Second factor was seedling age, that were 0 month (U1), 2 month (U2), 3 month (U3), and 4 month (U4). Each treatment consisted of three replications and each unit of treatment consisted of five plants. The result indicated that four month old Rhizophora mucronata (S2U4) showed the highest growth of plant heigth, stem diameter, and dry weight. One month old of seedling are could grow better with high survival rate (80%). Moreover, three month old of seedling age (U3) plant grew with higher number of plant leaf