Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world.[2] The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.[3]

Terminalia
Terminalia catappa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
L.[1]
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Badamia Gaertn.
  • Catappa Gaertn.
  • Chicharronia A.Rich.
  • Chuncoa Pav. ex Juss.
  • Fatrea Juss.
  • Gimbernatea Ruiz & Pav.
  • Hudsonia A.Rob. ex Lunan
  • Kniphofia Scop.
  • Myrobalanifera Houtt.
  • Myrobalanus Gaertn.
  • Pentaptera Roxb.
  • Ramatuela Kunth
  • Ramatuella Kunth, orth. var.
  • Resinaria Comm. ex Lam.
  • Tanibouca Aubl.
  • Vicentia Allemão

Selected species edit

 
Terminalia argentea flowers
 
Terminalia arjuna flowers
 
Terminalia bellirica fruit
 
Terminalia catappa flowers with a hoverfly - a close up
 
Terminalia pallida in Talakona forest, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India
 
Terminalia porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers
 
Terminalia mantaly street tree in Hong Kong

There are 282 accepted Terminalia species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online.[2] Selected species include:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Terminalia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "Terminalia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Terminalia catappa - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.