Terminalia procera
Roxb.
CombretaceaeFruit
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Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NSF/Mellon - GPI
Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | NSF/Mellon - GPI
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Andamans, Asia, India,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A tree in the Combretaceae family native to tropical regions. It produces edible fruit.
Other Uses
The wood is said to be similar to that of Terminalia catappa. The description of that wood is as follows:- The heartwood is brown to reddish, with a lighter coloured sapwood. The wood is fine textured, cross-grained, hard, rather heavy, strong and pliable. It seasons well and works easily. A good quality timber, it is used for the construction of buildings, boats, bridges, floors, boxes, crates, planks, carts, wheelbarrows, barrels and water troughs. The wood is very susceptible to termite damage.
References (1)
- Arora, K., Indigenous Forest Management in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
