Terminalia myriocarpa Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.

 
  • Family : COMBRETACEAE
    (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Combretaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myrobalanus myriocarpa (Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Pentaptera saja Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Terminalia saja Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Terminalia myriocarpa Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Common name : East-Indian Almond
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pani saaj (Nepali)
    • Kakubha (Sanskrit)
    • Char (Mizo)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Subtropical dry evergreen forests; Forests, streamsides in mountain valleys, one of the upper-layer canopy trees in primary forests; 600 - 2500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Timber durable, used for house-building; also planted.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit district,Dibang Valley district
    • Delhi : Delhi
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : East Himalaya to China (Yunnan, South-West Guangxi), North Sumatera and Panamá, Puerto Rico
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 131
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 305
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Terminalia myriocarpa. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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