Heritiera

Heritiera
Heritiera littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Heritiera Aiton
Species
see text
Synonyms [1]
AmygdalusBurm. ex Kuntze BalanopterisGaertn. FometicaRaf. SutherlandiaJ.F.Gmel. SystemonRegel TarrietiaBlume

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. ^[2]

Species

35 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Heritiera albiflora (Ridl.) Kosterm.
• Heritiera angustata Pierre
• Heritiera arafurensis Kosterm.
• Heritiera aurea Kosterm.
• Heritiera borneensis (Merr.) Kosterm.
• Heritiera burmensis Kosterm.
• Heritiera catappa Kosterm.
• Heritiera cordata Kosterm.
• Heritiera densiflora (Pellegr.) Kosterm.
• Heritiera dubia Wall. ex Kurz
• Heritiera elata Ridl.
• Heritiera fomes Banks
• Heritiera gigantea Kosterm.
• Heritiera globosa Kosterm.
• Heritiera impressinervia Kosterm.
• Heritiera javanica (Blume) Kosterm.
• Heritiera kanikensis Majumdar & L.K.Banerjee
• Heritiera kuenstleri (King) Kosterm.
• Heritiera littoralis Aiton
• Heritiera longipetiolata Kaneh.
• Heritiera macroptera Kosterm.
• Heritiera magnifica Kosterm.
• Heritiera montana Kosterm.
• Heritiera novoguineensis Kosterm.
• Heritiera ornithocephala Kosterm.
• Heritiera papilio Bedd.
• Heritiera parvifolia Merr.
• Heritiera percoriacea Kosterm.
• Heritiera pterospermoides Kosterm.
• Heritiera rumphii Kosterm.
• Heritiera simplicifolia (Mast.) Kosterm.
• Heritiera solomonensis Kosterm.
• Heritiera sumatrana (Miq.) Kosterm.
• Heritiera sylvatica S.Vidal
• Heritiera utilis (Sprague) Sprague

Formerly placed here

• Argyrodendron actinophyllum (F.Muell.) Edlin (as H. actinophylla(F.M.Bailey) Kosterm.)
• Argyrodendron peralatum (F.M.Bailey) Edlin ex I.H.Boas (as H. peralata(F.M.Bailey) Kosterm.)
• Argyrodendron trifoliolatum F.Muell. (as H. trifoliolata(F.Muell.) Kosterm.)

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References

1. "Heritiera Aiton". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
2. Mukherjee, A. K., et al. (2003). Molecular characterization of three Heritiera species using AFLP markers. Biologia Plantarum, 47(3), 445-448.

External links

• Media related to Heritiera at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Heritiera at Wikispecies