Combretaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Lumnitzera littorea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

A plant of the lowland moist tropics, where it is found at about sea level. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is in the range 22 - 28°c, but can tolerate 10 - 32°c^[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,000 - 2,500mm, tolerating 800 - 4,000mm^[1]. Prefers a sunny position and a heavy soil^[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 6.8 - 7.2, but tolerates 6.5 - 7.5^[1]. Tolerant of saline soils, the plant is adapted to conditions found in mangrove swamps^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lumnitzera+littorea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
[2]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
[3]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.