Keeled-pod Mangrove (species: Heritiera littoralis) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Heritiera littoralis
Keeled-pod Mangrove


©jhammock: Heritiera littoralis seed pod at Green Island, Queensland.

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Heritiera
Species Heritiera littoralis

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

The fruit is a buoyant, distinctively-shaped woody pod with a keel, often found washed up on beaches.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

There is a specimen of this species from Lizard Island in the Queensland Herbarium (Atlas of Living Australia)

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Duke, N. (2006). Australia's Mangroves: The authoritative guide to Australia's mangrove plants 200 pp. University of Queensland, Brisbane. LIRS catalog number 90187.