Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2604)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2501)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2116)
Order: Myrtales (76)
Family: Combretaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Terminalia (4)
Epithet: schimperiana Hochst. ex Delile (2)
schimperiana => indicating connection to Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878), German plant collector in Near East and north-eastern Africa