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．它是一種罕見的紅樹，大約有20米高，生長在紅樹林近岸的地方。分佈不廣，多集中於西貢和荔枝窩。
．葉片呈長橢圓形，大小不一，有一些比成年人的手掌還要大啊！翻一翻葉片，發現銀白色的鱗片覆蓋著整個葉底，「銀葉樹」這個名稱可能是這樣得來的。
．果實有一層堅硬的外殼，成熟時是褐色，中間像脊骨般凸起。果實頗輕，內裡還儲有空氣，這樣可使它們浮在海中，隨波逐流，以便將種子傳播。
Looking-glass Tree
‧ The Looking-glass Tree is a rare mangrove.It grows near the high shores of mangrove forests,and reaches up to 20m tall.In Hong Kong its distribution is mostly restricted to Sai Kung and Lai Chi Wo.
‧ The leaves are oval.Some leaves can grow larger than an adult man's palm.The under side of each leaf is covered with silver-white scales,probably giving rise to its Chinese name-"silver leaf tree".
‧ The fruit is a hard capsule,which is brown when ripe.The fruit has a ridge along the middle,rather like the human backbone.The empty cavity inside the capsule makes the fruit very light,and so enables it to float.The seeds are dispersed as the capsules float away from their parent tree. ■資料：漁護署
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