• Family : COMBRETACEAE
  (COMBRETUM FAMILY or INDIAN ALMOND FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Combretaceae
• Species : Terminalia coriacea
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
• Vernacular name : Kallimaruthu (Tam.); Jani, Nalla maddi (Tel.); Saj-konti, Aoone (Ori.)
• Key identification features : A large tree. Bark deeply cracked. Galls are present on the inflorescence. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic oblong, tomentose. Fruit is softly and minutely yellowish-brown, velvety as are the leaves.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : June-August; August onwards
• Native : India
• Comments : On hills up to 1500 m with a rather restricted distribution.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Visakhapatnam district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : India, China, Nepal
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Terminalia coriacea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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