5544.000 Terminalia L.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, without scales or microscopic stalked glands. Leaves spirally arranged, often crowded in terminal rosettes, sometimes on short shoots. Flowers usually in axillary spikes with male flowers towards the apex, bisexual towards base. Male flowers stalked, bisexual sessile. Petals 0. Stamens usually 10, exserted. Ovary inferior. Fruit 2-winged (in ours).

Worldwide: 150 species in the tropics

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
brachystemma Welw. ex Hiern subsp. brachystemma	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C	Description, Image
brachystemma × sericea	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E
gazensis Baker f.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,C,E,S	Description, Image
mollis M.A. Lawson	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S
mollis × stenostachya	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C
prunioides M.A. Lawson	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
randii Baker f.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C	Description, Image
sambesiaca Engl. & Diels	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,C,E	Description
sericea Burch. ex DC.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
sericea × trichopoda	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S
stenostachya Engl. & Diels	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
stuhlmannii Engl.	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C	Description, Image
trichopoda Diels	Altitude Rainfall Geology	N,W,C,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Terminalia:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Terminalia page
Flora of Mozambique: Terminalia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Terminalia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Terminalia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Terminalia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Terminalia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Terminalia