Scientific Name :
Terminalia catappa L.
Synonym :
Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc.
Juglans catappa (L.) Lour.
Common Name : Indian Almond, Jangli badam, angli badam
Plant Family : Combretaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : August to September
Flower Colour : Greenish white
Description : Height: Upto 35 m
Stem: Brown, horizontally branched
Leaves: Oblong, obovate, rounded or acuminate apex, of midrib, leaves turn reddish orange before shedding, leathery, a pair of glands at the base of leaves on both sides
Flowers: Upper flowers in inflorescence male flowers, lower flowers bisexual, gamosepalous, petals 0, stamens 10, stigma simple
Inflorescence: Raceme, solitary spikes
Fruits: Drupe, fibrous, oval, compressed
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : CH, VT, TL
Distribution Range : Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific, N. Australia.
Uses : Bark are used in treatment of dysentary.
It is used as ornamental plants.
