Terminalia (plant)

Terminalia
	Terminalia catappa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Combretaceae
Genus:	Terminalia; L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
	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

Terminalia argentea flowers

Terminalia arjuna flowers

Terminalia bellirica fruit

Terminalia catappa flowers with a hoverfly - a close up

Terminalia pallida in Talakona forest, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Terminalia porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers

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
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 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
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
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

"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.
"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.

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[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.