Mangrove Dungun (Engl.)

Tree Height: 16-30m Leaves: Spirally arranged, stalked leaves have leathery and stiff leaf blades that are oblong-elliptical to egg-shaped-ellitical, margins entire or slightly waxy, dark green abobe, scaly silvery white to brown or the underside, and 6.3-30 by 3.8-15 cm Flowers: Monoecious, its flowers are unisexual. The flower is either male or female, dull purple, bell-shaped with 4-6 teeth, 6.3 mm wide, and in 5-18 cm, yelowish flower clusters inserted the leaf axis. Fruits: Its woody, ellipsoid to oblong-egg-shaped, glossy borwn or purple, 3.8-8 by 3-6 cm, and each possessses a keel on one side, and 1 seed. Fruits may float on water for weeks and germinate after being stranded by high tide on suitable sites.