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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Terminalia calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe (COMBRETACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Mentalun, Jelawai Mentalum, Philippine Almond, Kedah Tree

Description

Deciduous tree to 30 m tall, crown flat-topped with steeply ascending main branches. Leaves 8-18 cm long, crowded near end of twigs, elliptic to obovate. Flowers c. 0.2 cm across, cream or greenish yellow, with strong musty smell, in spikes 6-20 cm long at leaf axils. Fruits1.5-3 cm long, hanging in tassels behind leaves with varying shapes but with 2 broad side wings.

Ecology

Common in open areas or on limestone outcrops.

Distribution

Myanmar, Indochina, Thailand, NW Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, SW Sulawesi, New Guinea, possibly Borneo.

Uses

Sometimes grown as ornamental as street tree.