https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Terminalia_%28plant%29 Terminalia (plant) - Revision history 2026-08-18T23:46:34Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terminalia_(plant)&diff=418124&oldid=prev Ajay Kumar: Created a new article 2023-08-24T16:56:02Z <p>Created a new article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}<br /> {{Automatic taxobox<br /> |image=Terminalia catappa 1.jpg<br /> |image_caption=&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia catappa]]&#039;&#039;<br /> |taxon=Terminalia<br /> |authority=[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]{{r|GRIN}}<br /> |synonyms_ref={{r|GRIN}}<br /> |synonyms={{Collapsible list|bullets=on<br /> |&#039;&#039;Badamia&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Gaertn.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Catappa&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Gaertn.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Chicharronia&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;A.Rich.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Chuncoa&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Pav. ex Juss.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Fatrea&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Juss.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Gimbernatea&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Ruiz &amp; Pav.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Hudsonia&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;A.Rob. ex Lunan&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Kniphofia&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Scop.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Myrobalanifera&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Houtt.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Myrobalanus&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Gaertn.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Pentaptera&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Roxb.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Ramatuela&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Kunth&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Ramatuella&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Kunth, orth. var.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Resinaria&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Comm. ex Lam.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Tanibouca&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Aubl.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> |&#039;&#039;Vicentia&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Allemão&lt;/small&gt;}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Terminalia&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[genus]] of large trees of the [[flowering plant]] family [[Combretaceae]], comprising nearly 300 [[species]] distributed in [[Tropics|tropical region]]s of the world.{{r|powo}} The genus name derives from the [[Latin]] word &#039;&#039;terminus&#039;&#039;, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.{{r|mobotpf}}<br /> <br /> ==Selected species==<br /> {{main|List of Terminalia species|l1=List of &#039;&#039;Terminalia&#039;&#039; species}}<br /> [[File:Terminalia argentea.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia argentea]]&#039;&#039; flowers]]<br /> [[File:Flowers with Sykes&#039;s warbler I IMG 1880.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia arjuna]]&#039;&#039; flowers]]<br /> [[File:Harra (Terminalia chebula) hanging fruit at 23 Mile, Duars, WB W IMG 5902.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia bellirica]]&#039;&#039; fruit]]<br /> [[File:A Hoverfly on a Desi Badam (Terminalia catappa) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0494.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia catappa]]&#039;&#039; flowers with a hoverfly - a close up]]<br /> [[File:Terminalia muelleri leaves in Talakona, AP W IMG 8296.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia pallida]]&#039;&#039; in [[Talakona]] forest, [[Chittoor District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India]]<br /> [[File:Terminalia foliage.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia porphyrocarpa]]&#039;&#039; foliage and flowers]]<br /> [[File:Terminalia mantaly in Hong Kong.jpg|thumb|&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia mantaly]]&#039;&#039; street tree in [[Hong Kong]]]]<br /> <br /> There are 282 accepted &#039;&#039;Terminalia&#039;&#039; species as of April 2021 according to [[Plants of the World Online]].{{r|powo}} Selected species include:<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia acuminata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Fr. Allem.) Eichl.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia albida]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Scott-Elliot&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia amazonia]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(J.F.Gmel.) Exell&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; white olive<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia arbuscula]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Sw.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia archipelagi]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Coode&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia arjuna]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Roxb. ex DC.) Wight &amp; Arn.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; arjuna, koha, white marudah<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia arostrata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Ewart &amp; O.B.Davies&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; crocodile tree<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia australis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Cambess&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; palo amarillo, tanimbú<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia avicennioides]]&#039;&#039;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia bellirica]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Gaertn.) Roxb.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; beleric<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia bialata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Roxb.) Steud.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Indian silver greywood, silver greywood<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia buceras]]&#039;&#039; {{small|(L.) C.Wright}}<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia bucidoides]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Standley &amp; L.O.Williams&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia bursarina]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Bendee<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia calamansanai]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Blanco) Rolfe&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia cambodiana]]&#039;&#039; Gagnep.<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia canescens]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(DC.) Radlk.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; jalool<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia carolinensis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Kaneh.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia catappa]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;L.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia chebula]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Retz.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; black myrobalan, chebulic myrobalan, inknut<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia cherrieri]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;McKee&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia circumalata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;F.Muell.&lt;/small&gt; <br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia cunninghamii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;C.A.Gardner&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Pindan quondong <br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia eddowesii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Coode&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia engleri]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Gere &amp; Boatwr.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; terenifu&amp;#768; (West Africa to [[Cameroon]])<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia elliptica]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Willd.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Indian-laurel<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia eriostachya]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;A.Rich.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia ferdinandiana]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Exell&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; billygoat plum, Kakadu plum, gubinge<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia fitzgeraldii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;C.A.Gardner&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia grandiflora]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Benth.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia hadleyana]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;W.Fitzg.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia ivorensis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;A.Chev.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; idigbo, black afara, blackbark, brimstone wood, shingle wood<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia januariensis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;DC.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia kaernbachii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Warb.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; okari nut<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia kangeanensis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Slooten&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia kuhlmannii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Alwan &amp; Stace&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia kumpaja]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;R.L.Barrett&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia latifolia]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Sw.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia latipes]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Benth.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia littoralis]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;L.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia macroptera]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Guill. &amp; Perr.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia microcarpa]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Decne.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia muelleri]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Benth.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; Australian almond<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia myriocarpa]]&#039;&#039;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia neotaliala]]&#039;&#039; &amp;ndash; Madagascar almond tree<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia nigrovenulosa]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Pierre&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia nitens]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;C.Presl&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia novocaledonica]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Däniker&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia oblongata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;F.Muell.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia paniculata]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Roth&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia parviflora]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Thwaites&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia pellucida]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;C.Presl&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia petiolaris]] &lt;small&gt;Benth.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; &#039;&#039;marool&#039;&#039;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia phillyreifolia]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;(Van Heurck &amp; Müll.Arg.) Gere &amp; Boatwr.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia platyphylla]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;F.Muell.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia platyptera]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;F.Muell.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia porphyrocarpa]]&#039;&#039;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia reitzii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Excell&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia rerei]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Coode&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia richii]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;A.Gray&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia schimperiana]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Hochst.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia sericea]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Burch. ex DC.&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; silver terminalia<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia superba]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Engl. &amp; Diels&lt;/small&gt; &amp;ndash; limba<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Terminalia volucris]]&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Benth.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist|refs=<br /> &lt;ref name=GRIN&gt;{{cite web |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus?id=11944 |title=Genus: &#039;&#039;Terminalia&#039;&#039; L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2018 |access-date=2021-04-18 |archive-date=2021-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418065311/https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus?id=11944 |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> &lt;ref name=mobotpf&gt;{{cite web |title=&#039;&#039;Terminalia catappa&#039;&#039; - Plant Finder |url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279242 |website=www.missouribotanicalgarden.org |access-date=18 April 2021 |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418170526/http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279242 |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> &lt;ref name=powo&gt;{{cite web |title=Terminalia L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7215-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 April 2021 |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129003456/https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7215-1 |url-status=live }}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q1469349}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Terminalia (plant)| ]]<br /> [[Category:Myrtales genera]]<br /> [[Category:Medicinal plants]]</div> Ajay Kumar