Habit: Tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Pentaptera cuneata DC. |
| synonym | Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall. |
| synonym | Pentaptera maradu G. Don |
| synonym | Terminalia elliptica Willd. |
| synonym | Terminalia macrocarpa Steud. |
| synonym | Terminalia maradu Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don |
| synonym | Terminalia ovata Rottl. ex C. B. Clarke |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering
May to June
Fruiting
Feb to March
Deciduous
March to May
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Morphology
Large tree upto 25m high with distinct rough grey deeply cracked bark into oblong segments. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong or ovate, 8.3-34x5.4-16.5cm, sparsely hairy abov, densely covered with soft pubescence beneath, base usually oblique, apex actue, margin entire or obscurely serrate; petiole upto 1cm long with 2 large glands on it or at the base; with secondary nerves 6-17 pairs, raised beneath, curving just below the margin. Flowers greenish yellow, bisexual, in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx villous, lobes ovate- triangular. Fruit 5-winged, with horizontal veins.
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: On hill slopes& stream banks
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, S. Kanara
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2066
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2066 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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The tree is one of the preferred hosts of the silkworm moth. The wood is used in construction and for tool handles; as a fuel it is often sought for during emergencies as it has the ability to burn even when wet. The fruit is eaten by flying squirrels.
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2066
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
Natural History > Cyclicity
- Ramnath, Madhu; Plants of Bastar Chhattisgarh, 2006, pg 259. The Netherlands Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Natural History > Morphology
- Ramnath, Madhu; Plants of Bastar Chhattisgarh, 2006, pg 259. The Netherlands Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Ramnath, Madhu; Plants of Bastar Chhattisgarh, 2006, pg 259. The Netherlands Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2066
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Genus | Terminalia |
| Species | Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
