| Heritiera kanikensis Banerjee
& Majum
Medium sized tree, 5 - 7 m tall; pneumatophores many from roots at stem base Leaves 4-10 x 2-5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acute at apex, tapering towards base, upper surface glabrous, green, lower surface hairy with adpressed shining scales. Male flower brownish white, androgynophore 1 mm long; anther lobes 8, united to form a ring, crowned by sterile rudimentary ovaries at apex Female flowers with ca 1 mm long ellipsoid ovaries. Fruits globose, rough, 1.5 - 2 mm in diam, without transverse circular ridge or apical crest.
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