Terminalia (plant)

Terminalia
	Terminalia catappa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Combretaceae
Genus:	Terminalia; L.
Synonyms
	List Badamia Gaertn. ; Catappa Gaertn. ; Chicharronia A.Rich. ; Chuncoa Pav. ex Juss. ; Fatrea Juss. ; Gimbernatea Ruiz & Pav. ; Hudsonia A.Rob. ex Lunan ; Kniphofia Scop. ; Myrobalanifera Houtt. ; Myrobalanus Gaertn. ; Pentaptera Roxb. ; Ramatuela Kunth ; Ramatuella Kunth, orth. var. ; Resinaria Comm. ex Lam. ; Tanibouca Aubl. ; Vicentia Allemão;

Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world.^[2] The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.^[3]

Selected species

Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

, India

Terminalia mantaly street tree in Hong Kong

There are 282 accepted Terminalia species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online.^[2] Selected species include:

Terminalia acuminata (Fr. Allem.) Eichl.
Terminalia albida Scott-Elliot
Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell – white olive
Terminalia arbuscula Sw.
Terminalia archipelagi Coode
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. – arjuna, koha, white marudah
Terminalia arostrata Ewart & O.B.Davies – crocodile tree
Terminalia australis Cambess – palo amarillo, tanimbú
Terminalia avicennioides Guill. & Perr.
Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. – beleric
Terminalia bialata (Roxb.) Steud. – Indian silver greywood, silver greywood
Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright
Terminalia bucidoides Standley & L.O.Williams
Terminalia bursarina – Bendee
Terminalia calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe
Terminalia cambodiana Gagnep.
Terminalia canescens (DC.) Radlk. – jalool
Terminalia carolinensis Kaneh.
Terminalia catappa L. – Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree
Terminalia chebula Retz. – black myrobalan, chebulic myrobalan, inknut
Terminalia cherrieri McKee
Terminalia circumalata F.Muell.
Terminalia cunninghamii C.A.Gardner – Pindan quondong
Terminalia eddowesii Coode
Terminalia engleri Gere & Boatwr. – terenifù (West Africa to Cameroon)
Terminalia elliptica Willd. – Indian-laurel
Terminalia eriostachya A.Rich.
Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell – billygoat plum, Kakadu plum, gubinge
Terminalia fitzgeraldii C.A.Gardner
Terminalia glabrata G.Forst.
Terminalia grandiflora Benth.
Terminalia hadleyana W.Fitzg.
Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. – idigbo, black afara, blackbark, brimstone wood, shingle wood
Terminalia januariensis DC.
Terminalia kaernbachii Warb. – okari nut
Terminalia kangeanensis Slooten
Terminalia kuhlmannii Alwan & Stace
Terminalia kumpaja R.L.Barrett
Terminalia latifolia Sw.
Terminalia latipes Benth.
Terminalia littoralis L.
Terminalia macroptera Guill. & Perr.
Terminalia microcarpa Decne.
Terminalia muelleri Benth. – Australian almond
Terminalia myriocarpa Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Terminalia neotaliala – Madagascar almond tree
Terminalia nigrovenulosa Pierre
Terminalia nitens C.Presl
Terminalia novocaledonica Däniker
Terminalia oblongata F.Muell.
Terminalia paniculata Roth
Terminalia parviflora Thwaites
Terminalia pellucida C.Presl
Terminalia petiolaris Benth. – marool
Terminalia phillyreifolia (Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Gere & Boatwr.
Terminalia platyphylla F.Muell.
Terminalia platyptera F.Muell.
Terminalia porphyrocarpa F.Muell. ex Benth.
Terminalia reitzii Excell
Terminalia rerei Coode
Terminalia richii A.Gray
Terminalia schimperiana Hochst.
Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC. – silver terminalia
Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels – limba
Terminalia volucris Benth.

References

^ ^a ^b "Genus: Terminalia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
^ ^a ^b "Terminalia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "Terminalia catappa - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[GRIN-1] "Genus: Terminalia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.

[powo-2] "Terminalia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[mobotpf-3] "Terminalia catappa - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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