Terminalia buceras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Combretaceae |
Genus: | Terminalia |
Species: | T. buceras
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Binomial name | |
Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Terminalia buceras is a tree in the Combretaceae family. It is known by a variety of names in English, including bullet tree, black olive tree, gregorywood (or gregory wood), Antigua whitewood, and oxhorn bucida.[2] It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.[3] It is commonly found in coastal swamps and wet inland forests in low elevations.[4][5]