Malvaceae

Sundari tree

Heritiera littoralis Aiton

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Heritiera

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Common names

By language (11)

Bangla: সুন্দরী
Cantonese: 銀葉樹
Chinese: 銀葉樹, 银叶树
English: Sundari tree, Looking glass mangrove
French: Toto margot
Indonesian: Dungun
Japanese: サキシマスオウノキ, サキシマスオウ
Malagasy: Moromony, Rogno
Malay: Pokok Dungun, Pokok Dungun Laut
Tongan: Mamaea, Litsea mellifera
Vietnamese: Cui biển

Synonyms

Amygdalus litoralis (Aiton) Kuntze
Balanopteris minor Gaertn.
Balanopteris tothila Gaertn.
Heritiera fischeri Regel & Rach
Heritiera littoralis subsp. littoralis
Heritiera littoralis subsp. ralima Arènes
Heritiera tothila Kurz
Samadera littoralis (Aiton) Oken
Sutherlandia littoralis (Aiton) J.F.Gmel.
Systemon fischeri Regel

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.