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Terminalia
T. australis, a South American species that grows around the Argentine Mesopotamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Combretaceae
Genus:	Terminalia L.
Species
See text.

Terminalia arjuna flowers

Terminalia bellerica trunk

Terminalia catappa flowers with a Hoverfly- a close up

Terminalia chebula fruit

Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family, Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.

Trees of this genus are known especially as a source of secondary metabolites, e.g. cyclic triterpenes and their derivatives, flavonoids, tannins, and other aromatics. Some of these substances have antifungal, antibacterial, anti-cancer and hepatoprotective indications.

Selected species

• Terminalia acuminata
• Terminalia alata (T. elliptica, T. tomentosa) – Indian Laurel
• Terminalia altissima (T. superba) – White afara
• Terminalia amazonia (T. hayesii, Chuncoa amazonia) – White Olive
• Terminalia angustifolia (T. bentzoë, T. bentzoin, T. mauritiana)
• Terminalia arborea (T. citrina)
• Terminalia arbuscula
• Terminalia archipelagi
• Terminalia arjuna (Pentaptera arjuna, Pentaptera glabra) – Arjuna, Koha, White Marudah
• Terminalia australis – Palo amarillo, Tanimbú
• Terminalia avicennioides
• Terminalia bellirica (Myrobalanus bellirica) – beleric
• Terminalia bialata – Indian Silver Greywood, Silver Greywood
• Terminalia brachystemma
• Terminalia brassii
• Terminalia bucidoides
• Terminalia buceras (Bucida buceras) – Black olive
• Terminalia bursarina - Bendee
• Terminalia calamansanai
• Terminalia catappa – Indian almond, Tropical almond, Umbrella tree
• Terminalia chebula (T. reticulata) – Black Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Inknut
• Terminalia cherrieri
• Terminalia ciliata
• Terminalia citrina
• Terminalia copelandii (T. procera)
• Terminalia corticosa (T. mucronata)
• Terminalia eddowesii
• Terminalia edulis (T. microcarpa)
• Terminalia elliptica - Indian-laurel (T. alata, T. tomentosa)
• Terminalia eriostachya
• Terminalia erythrophylla (T. erythrophyllum)
• Terminalia ferdinandiana — Kakadu plum
• Terminalia foetidissima (T. ovocarpa)
• Terminalia franchetii (T. triptera)
• Terminalia glabrescens
• Terminalia glaucifolia
• Terminalia hararensis
• Terminalia hecistocarpa
• Terminalia intermedia
• Terminalia ivorensis – Idigbo, Black Afara, Blackbark, Brimstone Wood, Shingle Wood
• Terminalia januariensis
• Terminalia kaernbachii (T. okari) – okari nut
• Terminalia kangeanensis
• Terminalia kuhlmannii
• Terminalia latifolia
• Terminalia mantaly - Madagascar almond
• Terminalia molinetii (Bucida molinetii)
• Terminalia muelleri
• Terminalia myriocarpa
• Terminalia nitens
• Terminalia novocaledonica
• Terminalia oblongata
• Terminalia obovata
• Terminalia oliveri
• Terminalia paniculata
• Terminalia parviflora
• Terminalia pellucida
• Terminalia phanerophlebia
• Terminalia phellocarpa
• Terminalia prunioides - Purple pod terminalia
• Terminalia reitzii
• Terminalia rerei
• Terminalia schimperiana
• Terminalia sericea - Silver terminalia
• Terminalia seriocarpa - Damson
• Terminalia subspathulata
• Terminalia superba – Limba
• Terminalia tripteroides
• Terminalia volucris - Rosewood

Different species, views & aspects

Terminalia bellerica leaves being eaten by Semi-looper from Noctuidae family	Terminalia bellerica leaves being eaten by Semi-looper from Noctuidae family	Terminalia catappa flowers with a Hoverfly	Terminalia muelleri in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.	Terminalia muelleri in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
‎ T. porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers	T. porphyrocarpa foliage and flowers

External links

• Terminalia in West African plants - A Photo Guide.