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Terminalia
catappa L.
Synonym : Terminalia badamia DC.
Family
: Combretaceae
Local Names
: Badham, Indian almond tree,
Java Almond
Flowering
and fruiting period:
March – January
Distribution: Malaysia to North
Australia and Polynesia, commonly planted in the tropics
Habitat: Grown as ornamental
tree
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Nut edible,
ayurvedic. The fruit is helpful in the treatment of Leprosy, headache and
reduces nausea. It cures sexual dysfunction particularly in men like premature
ejaculation andhypersexuality
Key
Characters:
Terminalia catappa are trees often
buttressed; bark brownish to grey. Leaves simple, alternate, densely clustered
at the tip of branchlets; lamina obovate, margin entire. Flowers polygamous,
white or yellowish-green, in axillary simple; calyx tube, pubescent, expanded
portion cupular, teeth 5, triangular or ovate; petals absent; stamens 10;
anthers oblong; ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovule pendulous. Fruits a drupe,
broadly ellipsoid to
