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Magnoliopsida
Terminalia L.
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Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.
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Chemistry[edit]
Trees of this genus are known especially as a source of secondary metabolites, e.g. cyclic triterpenes and their derivatives, flavonoids, tannins, and other aromatics.[citation needed]
Selected species[edit]
- Terminalia acuminata (Fr. Allem.) Eichl.
- Terminalia altissima – White afara
- Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell (T. hayesii, Chuncoa amazonia) – White Olive
- Terminalia arbuscula Sw.
- Terminalia archipelagi Coode
- Terminalia arenicola Byrnes
- Terminalia argentea Mart.
- Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. (Pentaptera arjuna, Pentaptera glabra) – Arjuna, Koha, White Marudah
- Terminalia australis Cambess – Palo amarillo, Tanimbú
- Terminalia avicennioides
- Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. (Myrobalanus bellirica) – beleric
- Terminalia bentzoe (L.) L. f. (=T. angustifolia, T. bentzoin, T. mauritiana)
- Terminalia bialata (Roxb.) Steud. – Indian Silver Greywood, Silver Greywood
- Terminalia brachystemma
- Terminalia brassii Exell
- Terminalia brownii Fresen.
- Terminalia bucidoides Standley & L.O.Williams
- Terminalia buceras (Bucida buceras) – Black olive
- Terminalia bursarina – Bendee
- Terminalia calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe
- Terminalia catappa L. – Indian almond, Tropical almond, Umbrella tree
- Terminalia chebula Retz. (T. reticulata) – Black Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Inknut
- Terminalia cherrieri McKee
- Terminalia ciliata
- Terminalia citrina (Gaertn.) Roxb. ex Fleming (=T. arborea)
- Terminalia corticosa (T. mucronata)
- Terminalia eddowesii Coode
- Terminalia elliptica Willd. (T. alata, T. tomentosa) – Indian-laurel
- Terminalia eriostachya A.Rich.
- Terminalia ferdinandiana
- Terminalia foetidissima Griff. (T. ovocarpa)
- Terminalia franchetii Gagnep. (T. triptera)
- Terminalia glabrescens
- Terminalia glaucifolia
- Terminalia grandiflora
- Terminalia hararensis Engl. ex Diels
- Terminalia hecistocarpa Engl. ex Diels
- Terminalia intermedia (A.Rich.) Urban
- Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. – Idigbo, Black Afara, Blackbark, Brimstone Wood, Shingle Wood
- Terminalia januariensis DC.
- Terminalia kaernbachii Warb. (T. okari) – okari nut
- Terminalia kangeanensis Slooten
- Terminalia kuhlmannii Alwan & Stace
- Terminalia latifolia Sw.
- Terminalia latipes Benth.
- Terminalia latipes subsp. psilocarpa Pedley (=T. ferdinandiana) – Kakadu plum
- Terminalia macroptera Guill. & Perr.
- Terminalia mantaly – Madagascar almond
- Terminalia microcarpa Decne. (=T. edulis)
- Terminalia muelleri
- Terminalia myriocarpa
- Terminalia nitens C.Presl
- Terminalia novocaledonica Däniker
- Terminalia oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Steud.
- Terminalia oblongata F.Muell.
- Terminalia oblongata subsp. volucris (R.Br. ex Benth.) Pedley (=T. volucris) – Rosewood
- Terminalia obovata
- Terminalia oliveri
- Terminalia paniculata Brandis
- Terminalia parviflora Thwaites
- Terminalia pellucida C.Presl
- Terminalia petiolaris Benth. – Marool
- Terminalia phanerophlebia Engl. & Diels
- Terminalia phellocarpa
- Terminalia porphyrocarpa
- Terminalia procera Roxb. (=T. copelandii Elmer)
- Terminalia prunioides M.A.Lawson – Purple pod terminalia
- Terminalia reitzii Excell
- Terminalia rerei Coode
- Terminalia richii A.Gray
- Terminalia saffordii Merr.
- Terminalia schimperiana Hochst.
- Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC. – Silver terminalia
- Terminalia sericocarpa – Damson
- Terminalia subspathulata
- Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels – Limba
- Terminalia triflora (Griseb.) Lillo
- Terminalia trifoliata Spreng.
- Terminalia tripteroides Craib[2]
Formerly placed here[edit]
- Bucida molinetii (M.Gómez) Alwan & Stace (as T. molinetii M.Gómez)
- Combretum erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond. (as T. erythrophylla Burch.)[2]
Image gallery[edit]
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Terminalia bellirica leaves being eaten by Semi-looper from Noctuidae family
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Terminalia bellirica leaves being eaten by Semi-looper from Noctuidae family
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Terminalia catappa flowers with a hoverfly
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Terminalia pallida in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Terminalia pallida in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
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T. porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers
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T. porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers
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Terminalia mantaly as a street tree in Hong Kong
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Genus: Terminalia L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Terminalia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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Terminalia carolinensis, commonly known as the ka tree or keima tree, is a tree that grows on the Micronesian islands of Kosrae and Pohnpei. The trees have umbrella shaped crowns and mossy buttressed bases.[1] The trees are found in the Yela Forest.[1] Known as Keima on Pohnpei and Ka on Kosrae, it is used for timber, canoe manufacture, cabinetry, flooring, for medicine and for its edible nuts.[2]
§References[edit]
- ^ a b Nature Conservancy February/ March 2015 page 36
- ^ Terminalia carolinesis - Combretaceae People and Plants of Micronesia
§External links[edit]
- Protecting world's last ka forest Nature Conservancy article on Treehugger website. Includes image of buttressed trunk and ka tree canopy
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Trees or shrubs, without scales or microscopic stalked glands. Leaves spirally arranged, often crowded in terminal rosettes, sometimes on short shoots. Flowers usually in axillary spikes with male flowers towards the apex, bisexual towards base. Male flowers stalked, bisexual sessile. Petals 0. Stamens usually 10, exserted. Ovary inferior. Fruit 2-winged (in ours).
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Syntype for Terminalia carolinensis Kaneh.
Catalog Number: US 1967077
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): R. Kanehira
Year Collected: 1931
Locality: Kosrae [Kusaie], Kosrae, Micronesia, Federated States of, Caroline Islands, Pacific Islands
- Syntype: Kanehira, R. 1932. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 46: 672.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:241
Specimens with Sequences:215
Specimens with Barcodes:188
Species:47
Species With Barcodes:44
Public Records:69
Public Species:29
Public BINs:0
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1