Terminalia catappa L. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Terminalia

Family:

Combretaceae

Subfamily:

Combretoideae

Tribe:

Combreteae

Subtribe:

Terminaliinae

Nomen number:

36334

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2:674. 1767

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

06/07/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Phytolacca javanica Osbeck

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Reference(s)

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Common names

English
country-almond –
Indian-almond –
Malabar-almond –
sea-almond –
tropical-almond –
French
badamier –
German
indischer Mandelbaum –
Katappenbaum –
India
badam –
Portuguese
amendoeira-da-Índia –
Portuguese (Brazil)
amendoeira –
chapéu-de-sol –
Spanish
almendro de la India –
Swedish
tropisk mandel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng	s.e.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Cambodia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Solomon Islands
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory	n.e.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland	n.
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Vanuatu
2	Cultivated					widely cult. in tropics
4	Naturalized					widely natzd. in tropics

Native
Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.e.)]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Northern Territory (n.e.)]

Pacific

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Environmental	ornamental		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Environmental	shade/shelter		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Environmental	shade/shelter		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Fuels	potential as fuelwood		National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production
Human food	fruit	seeds	Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Human food	seeds		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Invertebrate food	silkworms		Srivastav, P. K. et al. 1996. Conservation of Terminalia genetic resources: the principal source of non wood forest products in India. Forest Genet. Resources 24:55.
Materials	gum/resin		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Materials	lipids		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Materials	wood		Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Materials	wood		Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Materials	wrapping	leaves used as wrapping paper	Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Medicines	folklore		Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Taxon: Terminalia catappa L.