Heritiera littoralis

Location: Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture
Location: Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture
Location: Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture

Flower name
Heritiera littoralis
Scientific name
Heritiera littoralis
AliasLooking-glass mangrove, 先島蘇芳の木, Heritiera littoralis
Place of originSouthwest islands of Southeast Asia, such as Taiwan, tropical Africa, Polynesia, Japan (Amami Oshima, Okinawa, etc.)
Place of floweringOverseas, Okinawa
Flowering seasonMay, June, July

What is Heritiera littoralis

Heritiera littoralis (Sakishima-suo tree, scientific name:Heritiera littoralis Dryand) is an evergreen tree of the genus Sterculia, Department of Heritiera littoralis. Shaped like the rattled itane (bannkonn). Yellow bell-shaped flowers that bloom in the summer, have made the flowers after hard fruit. Leaf has oval-shaped, shiny face is hairless. The densely scaly hairs in a silver-gray leaves behind. Railway sleepers, timber and bark uses red dye and medicinal materials.
Similar names include sappanwood (suo) is the separate trees.　

Common name: Heritiera littoralis, scientific name: Heritiera littoralis, aka: Looking-glass mangroves (Sakishima-suo tree) , origin: Taiwan, South East Asia, tropical Africa, Polynesia, Japan's Nansei islands (Okinawa, Amami Oshima, etc.) and Habitat: mangrove swamps, height: 20 m-the features: itane, leaf length: 20 cm, leaf, oval-shaped, leaf arrangement: alternate, Flower color: yellow-flowering period: May-July, fruit length: 5 cm.