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Terminalia catappa L.

Synonyms

Badamia commersoni, Buceras catappa, Bucida buceras, Juglans catappa, Myrobalanus badamia, Myrobalanus catappa, Myrobalanus commersonii, Myrobalanus procera, Myrobalanus rubrigemmis, Myrobalanus terminalia, Terminalia badamia, Terminalia intermedia, Terminalia kydiana, Terminalia latifolia, Terminalia mauritiana, Terminalia moluccana, Terminalia myrobalana, Terminalia ovatifolia, Terminalia paraensis, Terminalia procera, Terminalia rubrigemmis, Terminalia subcordata

Common names

Bengal almond, Louz Bahraini, Louz Hindi

Extract from Wikipedia article

Terminalia catappa is a large tropical tree in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae, that grows mainly in the tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia. It is known by the common names Bengal almond, country almond, Indian almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, and tropical almond.

Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) with a fruit on Al Istiqlal Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, April 22, 2014
Al Istiqlal Street, Doha, Qatar

Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) with flowers on Al Sham Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, May 6, 2014
Al Sham St, Doha, Qatar

Fruits of Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) found in area of Al Sham Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, August 30, 2014
Al Sham Street, Doha, Qatar

Cut fruit of Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) found in area of Al Sham Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, August 30, 2014
Al Sham Street, Doha, Qatar

Burgundy foliage of Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) in a park at Al Intisar Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2016
Al Istiqlal St, Doha, Qatar

Burgundy color of a leaf of Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) on grass in a park at Al Intisar Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, March 8, 2016
Al Istiqlal St, Doha, Qatar

Foliage of Bengal almond tree (Terminalia catappa) in a park at Al Intisar Street near a corner with Onaiza. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2016
Al Istiqlal St, Doha, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Terminalia catappa, Wikipedia article
• Terminalia catappa from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.