Scientific name: Heritieraangustatapierre
Family is: Sterculiae
Morphological characteristics:
Evergreen trees. Leaves alternately leathery, oblong-lanceolate, entire, glabrous above, silvery white or slightly golden scales below. Petiole length 2-9 cm. Panicles terminal or axillary, flowers unisexual, apetalous, calyx red, verrucose, 4-6 lobed, stellate pilose. The fruit is drupe-shaped, hard, oval, brown, with a tip about 1 cm long.
After the fruit matures, the keel is lignified, and the outer skin has sponge structure filled with air, so that it can float on the sea surface. The seeds spread with the drift of the sea and lake, so they are called sea drift plants.
Origin and distribution:
The H. littoralis grows on the seashore. Located on the southeast coast of Asia, with the drift of seeds, the tree has spread over the tropical and subtropical islands of the Pacific Ocean and is even further from India.
use:
Silverleaf is a member of the mangrove family. Mangrove is a kind of woody plant community with unique physiology that grows on the hot coast and intertidal. It is the only marine forest on earth. It has an irreplaceable role in landslide protection, water purification, red tide reduction, landscaping, biodiversity conservation, and scientific research.
Silverleaf tree is a kind of special tree species breeding in the way of birth, which has important scientific value for the study of the origin of species. Its roots are divided into two parts: the ground and the underground. The upper part is a plate, and some are like a maze wall. It is very interesting.
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