About Looking-glass Tree
Heritiera littoralis, commonly known as the looking-glass mangrove or tulip mangrove, is a mangrove tree in the family Malvaceae native to coastal areas of eastern Africa, Asia, Melanesia and northern Australia. The common name refers to the silvery appearance of the underside of the leaves, resembling a mirror to some degree. The strong timber has uses in marine applications and elsewhere.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Heritiera littoralis
- Genus
- Heritiera
- Family
- STERCULIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- India, Andamans, Myanmar, Malesia, Philippines
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Bengali
- সুন্দরী sundari
- Kannada
- ಚಂದ ಮರ chanda mara
- Malayalam
- മുകുരം mukuram
- Marathi
- सुंदरी sundari
Botanical family
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Looking-glass Tree belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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