English: Tropical Almond

German: Indischer Mandelbaum, Katappenbaum, Seemandelbaum

Mandarin: 榄仁树 (lan ren shu)

Portuguese: Amendoeira-da-praia

Kingdom: Plantae (2504)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2403)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2035)

      Order: Myrtales (71)

        Family: Combretaceae (9) (family description)

          Genus: Terminalia (4)

           Epithet: catappa L. (1)

catappa => from the indo-malayan name katapang, ketapang for Terminalia catappa

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

Check for Terminalia catappa at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [82] Terminalia catappa - UF Environmental Horticulture
• [104] Terminalia catappa - Species Profiles for Pacific Island Agroforestry
• [378] Terminalia catappa - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [743] Terminalia catappa - Reforestation, Nurseries, Genetics Resources
• [1224] Terminalia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1296] Terminalia catappa - Plants For A Future
• [1503] Terminalia catappa - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.
• [28] Chin, W.Y. (1995): A guide to the wayside trees of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, Singapore.
• [26] Grandjot, W. (1981): Reiseführer durch das Pflanzenreich der Tropen. Kurt Schroeder Verlag, Leichlingen, Germany.
• [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.

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