| Terminalia buceras | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
- ^ "Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 121. ISBN 0444517847.
- ^ "Species Information: Bucida buceras". AgroForestryTree Database. International Center for Research in Agroforestry. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
- ^ Harris, Kate (2009). Trees of Belize. Belize: Bay Cedar Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 9780992758202.
- ^ "Bucida buceras - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2019-09-09.