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Taxon:
Terminalia catappa
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
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:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Phytolacca javanica
Osbeck
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
Flora of Java. 1963-1968
Berhaut, J.
Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
Boutelje, J. B.
Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds.
Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi. 1948-1976 10:168-171.
Cufodontis, G.
Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Duke, J. A.
Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
Note:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/T.catappa-tropical-almond.pdf
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Eriksson, O. et al.
Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Terminalia+catappa&quantity=1
Gangopadhyay, M. & T. Chakrabarty.
1997. The family Combretaceae of Indian Subcontinent. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21:343.
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). 2000 362.
http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/SaintLouis/0000St.Luistitle.htm
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). 1967-
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Lemmens, R. H. M. J. et al., eds.
1995. Timber trees: minor commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(2):482.
http://proseanet.org
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Little, E. L., Jr.
Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Matthew, K. M.
The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Merrill, E. D.
An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 1922-1926
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
National Academy of Sciences.
Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Pulle, A. A. et al., eds.
Flora of Suriname. 1932-
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Reitz, R., ed.
Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
Rosengarten, F.
The book of edible nuts. 1984
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.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Standley, P. C.
Flora of Costa Rica. 1937-1939
Standley, P. C.
Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. 1920
Staten, S.
2006. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
Flora malesiana. 1948-
Walker, E.
Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
country-almond –
Reference(s)
Indian-almond –
Reference(s)
Malabar-almond –
Reference(s)
sea-almond –
Reference(s)
tropical-almond –
Reference(s)
French
badamier –
Reference(s)
German
indischer Mandelbaum –
Reference(s)
Katappenbaum –
Reference(s)
India
badam –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
amendoeira-da-Índia –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
amendoeira –
Reference(s)
chapéu-de-sol –
Reference(s)
Spanish
almendro de la India –
Reference(s)
Swedish
tropisk mandel –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan
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
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
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
Solomon Islands
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, Yunnan (s.e.)]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Myanmar
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
,
Papua New Guinea
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland (n.), Northern Territory (n.e.)]
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Solomon Islands
,
Vanuatu
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Fuels
potential as fuelwood (fide Firewood Cr) –
Reference(s)
Human food
fruit (seeds fide F Males) –
Reference(s)
Invertebrate food
silkworms (fide Forest Gen Res 24:55. 1996) –
Reference(s)
Materials
gum/resin (fide Handb Nuts) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses