Terminalia paniculata Roth

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Family : COMBRETACEAE

Synonym : Pentaptera paniculata (Roth) Roxb.

Common Names : Maruthu, Manjamaruthu, Peimaruthu, Pillamaruthu, Pullamaruthu, Venmaruthu, Flowering murdah

Flowering Period : August-February

Distribution : Peninsular India

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

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.