Taxon:
Heritiera littoralis Aiton
Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 3:546. 1789
Verified:
10/07/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
English
beach tulip-oak – looking-glass mangrove – looking-glass-tree – red mangrove – tulip mangrove – Indonesian
dungon – Malay
dungun –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | coast |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | coast |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | coasts |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | e. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | coast |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere in Oceania |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania (coast)
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique (coast)
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar (coasts)
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (coasts)
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia (coasts), Myanmar (coasts), Thailand (coasts), Vietnam (coasts)
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (e.), Western Australia (coast)]
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere in Oceania)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Fuels | fuelwood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):236-237. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | fiber | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):236-237. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | wood | | Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):236-237. URL: http://proseanet.org |