Terminalia catappa

Terminalia catappa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. catappa
Binomial name
Terminalia catappa
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Badamia commersonii Gaertn.
    • Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc.
    • Catappa domestica Rumph.
    • Juglans catappa (L.) Lour.
    • Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze
    • Myrobalanus terminalia Poir.
    • Terminalia badamia DC.
    • Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng.
    • Terminalia latifolia Blanco
    • Terminalia moluccana Lam.
    • Terminalia myrobalana Roth
    • Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha
    • Terminalia paraensis Mart.
    • Terminalia procera Roxb.
    • Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul.
    • Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Terminalia catappa is a large tropical tree in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae, native to Asia, Australia, the Pacific, Madagascar and Seychelles.[1] Common names in English include country almond, Indian almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond,[3] beach almond[4] and false kamani.[5]

The species epithet is based on its Malay name ketapang.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Thomson, L.; Evans, B. (2019). "Terminalia catappa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61989853A61989855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61989853A61989855.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  3. ^ "Terminalia catappa L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  4. ^ Henn JJ, McCoy MB, Vaughan CS (September 2014). "Beach almond (Terminalia catappa, Combretaceae) seed production and predation by scarlet macaws (Ara macao) and variegated squirrels (Sciurus variegatoides)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 62 (3): 929–38. doi:10.15517/rbt.v62i3.14060. PMID 25412525.
  5. ^ A.K. Kepler. Trees of Hawaii Kottamba.
  6. ^ Stuhlmann, Franz (1909). Deutsch Ost Afrika. Band X. Beitrage zu Naturgeschichte von Ostafrika. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer. p. 122.
  7. ^ Hynnersley, C.W.S. (1913). Noctes orientales. Being a selection of essays read before the Straits Philosophical Society between years 1893 and 1910 (Criticism). Singapore. p. 183. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)