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Terminalia paniculata Roth.

Synonym                    : Pentaptera paniculata (Roth.) Roxb.

Family                        : Combretaceae

Local Names              : Manjamaruthu, Flowering murdah

Flowering and fruiting period: August – February 

Distribution: Peninsular India

Habitat: Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains

IUCN status: Data Deficient

Endemic: Yes

Uses: Timber yielding, tannin source

Key Characters: Terminalia paniculata are deciduous trees, surface brown, rough,. Leaves simple, lower leaves subopposite, upper alternate, elliptic, oblong, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, white, sessile, in axillary and terminal panicles, tomentose. Calyx, lobes 5, cream, triangular, villous within. Petals 0. Stamens 10 in 2 rows. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; ovules 2 or 3, pendulous. Fruit a drupe.