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Looking Glass Tree

Heritiera longipetiolata

Also called Ufa Halomtano

Looking Glass Tree
Photo: Manila folder, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Marianas to Caroline Is. (Pohnpei)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Heritiera longipetiolata (Chamorro: Ufa-hålomtåno) is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and in the Caroline Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Heritiera plants

Sundri · Heritiera javanica · Sundari tree · Heritiera parvifolia · Heritiera percoriacea · Heritiera utilis · Vascular Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heritiera longipetiolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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