Heritiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae. They are most dominant tropical forest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves. Several are valuable for their timber and are over-exploited.Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003). Molecular characterization of three Heritiera species using AFLP markers. Biologia Plantarum, 47(3), 445-448.
Species 35 species are accepted. Heritiera albiflora Heritiera angustata Heritiera arafurensis Heritiera aurea Heritiera borneensis Heritiera burmensis Heritiera catappa Heritiera cordata Heritiera densiflora Heritiera dubia Heritiera elata Heritiera fomes Heritiera gigantea Heritiera globosa Heritiera impressinervia Heritiera javanica Heritiera kanikensis Heritiera kuenstleri Heritiera littoralis Heritiera longipetiolata Heritiera macroptera Heritiera magnifica Heritiera montana Heritiera novoguineensis Heritiera ornithocephala Heritiera papilio Heritiera parvifolia Heritiera percoriacea Heritiera pterospermoides Heritiera rumphii Heritiera simplicifolia Heritiera solomonensis Heritiera sumatrana Heritiera sylvatica Heritiera utilis
Formerly placed here Argyrodendron actinophyllum (as H. actinophylla ) Argyrodendron peralatum (as H. peralata ) Argyrodendron trifoliolatum (as H. trifoliolata )
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