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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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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Terminalia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1010
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Terminalia (plant)

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Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world.[2] The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.[3]

Selected species

Terminalia catappa flowers with a hoverfly - a close up
Terminalia porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers
Terminalia mantaly street tree in Hong Kong

There are 282 accepted Terminalia species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online.[2] Selected species include:

References

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Terminalia L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "Terminalia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Terminalia catappa - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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Terminalia (plant): Brief Summary

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Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.

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