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Heritiera littoralis Images

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Heritiera littoralis
Inflorescence
Photograph by: Tjut Jul Fatisa Bangun
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Heritiera littoralis
Developing fruits
Photograph by: Tatiana Gerus
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Heritiera littoralis
Grown as a street tree, it can prove unsuitable when it produces wide-ranging buttress roots
Photograph by: Teng Feng-Chou
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Heritiera littoralis
Not all trees produce buttress roots - as can be seen from this small but fairly old specimen
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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Heritiera littoralis
Ripening fruits
Photograph by: Unknown
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens

Heritiera littoralis
Drawing of the leaves, flowers, fruit and seed
Photograph by: Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, t. 341 (1875)
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Heritiera littoralis
Interesting buttress roots
Photograph by: digicacy
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Heritiera littoralis
Close-up of the mature fruit
Photograph by: Lauren Gutierrez
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Heritiera littoralis
Seed
Photograph by: Lauren Gutierrez
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Heritiera littoralis
Trees can be grown right on the short line, as here in Hawaii
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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Heritiera littoralis
Ripe fruits
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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