Terminalia catapa L.

 
  • Family : COMBRETACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Combretaceae
  • Species : Terminalia catapa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Terminalia catappa L.
  • Common name : Indian Almond Tree
  • Key identification features : A handsome deciduous tree that branches in horizontal whorls, leaves are simple and large which turn red before falling. Flowers are both bisexual in male, born in spicate inflorescences. Fruits are ellipsoidal, bilaterally compressed and winged with a single seed. Fruit kernel edible.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : Andaman
  • Comments : Fruit kernal as delicious as Almond
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Planted
  • Floras referred : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka

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