Heritiera littoralis
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| Heritiera littoralis Dryand., Aiton |
Heritiera littoralis, the looking-glass mangrove is a large tree with wing shaped nuts, which is most easily recognised by the silvery scales on the underside of its leaves, which therefore appear green from top and white from below, although Litsea mellifera A.C. Smith (in the family Lauraceae), has the same type of leaves.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Heritiera littoralis". Image Credit.
