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Heritiera littoralis, Dungun, Looking-glass Mangrove
 Heritiera littoralis
Family: Sterculiaceae
Dungun, Looking-glass Mangrove
Origin: Western Pacific
big treesmall tree 10-20 ftfull sunsemi-shaderegular waterred/crimson/vinous flowersethnomedicalFlood tolerantSeaside, salt tolerant plant

Low, much branched, evergreen tree, to 15 m tall; buttresses at the base of the trunk and plank or ribbon type roots; bark pinkish gray, smooth becoming flaky when older; leaf blades dark green above and silvery white below, withering dull orange-yellow, oblong to elliptic, leathery; flowers in hanging yellowish tassels; fruits purple-brown, woody, shiny with a stiff keel on one side.

Also placed in Malvaceae ssf. Sterculioideae.


 
Heritiera littoralis, Dungun, Looking-glass Mangrove


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