Heritiera littoralis
MALVACEAE. Indigenous
SIZE: Up to 30m tall; trunks size 50cm diameter
TYPE: Evergreen
HABITAT: Inland zones of mangrove swamps
Dungon-late is called the Looking Glass Tree because its silver and cropped-hued underleaf becomes transparent when illuminated by the sun. This species has a place in our history; it was used in making the balangay, a wooden boat used by pre-colonial seafaring Filipinos.