Terminalia catappa L.

English: Tropical Almond

German: Indischer Mandelbaum, Katappenbaum, Seemandelbaum

Mandarin: 榄仁树 (lan ren shu)

Portuguese: Amendoeira-da-praia

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Myrtales (76)

        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

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World Flora Online, 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

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