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Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
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heritiera
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Heritiera is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae . They are dominant rainforest trees in several areas in eastern Africa and India to the Pacific. Some are mangroves . Several are valuable for their timber and are overexploited.