East Indian. Also sundari, soondry, -ee, -ie. [Bengalī sundarī (f. sundar = Skr. sundara beautiful, handsome).] A tree abundant in the Ganges delta, Heritiera minor, yielding a tough and durable timber. Also applied to H. littoralis, the looking-glass tree. Also sundra-, sunder-tree (Cent. Dict.).
1831. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7), IV. 241/1. The soondry, so much esteemed in Hindostan for the toughness and hardness of its wood.
1889. Maiden, Usef. Pl. Australia, 555. Heritiera littoralis … ‘Sundri’ of India.
1907. Blackw. Mag., Aug., 252/1. The dying and stag-headed sundri puts out branches covered with fungi.
