Liquid permeable body

A liquid permeable body comprising

• a porous composite having a structure in which
• discontinuous reinforcing fibers are dispersed;
• the dispersed discontinuous reinforcing fibers are bonded to each other with a thermoplastic resin at at least an intersection of the reinforcing fibers;
• voids of continuous openings form a void content of from 30 to 90%;
• an average value α of fiber orientation angles is from 22 to 40° in an in-plane direction of the discontinuous reinforcing fibers;
• an average value β of fiber orientation angles is from 0 to 25° in an out-of-plane direction of the discontinuous reinforcing fibers;
• and
• a ratio α/β of the average value α to the average value β is from 1.1 to 5.0;
• wherein
• a liquid-permeation anisotropic value of the liquid permeable body in the in-plane direction with respect to the out-of-plane direction (in-plane liquid-permeation speed/out-of-plane liquid-permeation speed) is from 2.0 to 12.0;
• and
• a liquid-permeation anisotropic value of the liquid permeable body in the in-plane direction is from 1.3 to 8.0.