Terminalia catappa

Terminalia catappa

(Indian almond, Sea almond)

FAMILY

Combretaceae

Species

Terminalia catappa

Common name(s)

Indian almond, Sea almond

Flower colour; life form

White; tree

Campus

Cairns, Townsville

Description

This tree has large leaves to 36 cm long and about 17 cm wide and a purple to black fruit to 8 cm long and 5 cm wide. A food plant for Badamia exclamationis, Narrow-winged awl.