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| Heritiera littoralis Family: Sterculiaceae Dungun, Looking-glass Mangrove Origin: Western Pacific ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. |
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