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Terminalia catappa L., Mant. Pl. 128 1767. (syn. Badamia commersonii Gaertn.; Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc.; Catappa domestica Rumph.; Juglans catappa (L.) Lour.; Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze; Myrobalanus terminalia Poir.; Terminalia badamia sensu Tul.; Terminalia badamia DC.; Terminalia catappa var. chlorocarpa Hassk. …; Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng.; Terminalia latifolia Blanco; Terminalia moluccana Lam.; Terminalia myrobalana Roth; Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha; Terminalia paraensis Mart.; Terminalia procera Roxb.; Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul.; Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.);
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atafa, Barbados almond, bastard almond, Bengal almond, country almond, demarara almond, false kamani, Fijian almond, Indian almond, Java almond, Malabar almond, Malay almond, yrobalan, sea almond, Singapore almond, story tree, tavola nut, tropical almond, umbrella tree, West Indian almond, white bombway, wild almond • Bengali: badam • Hindi: बादाम badam, देसी बादाम desi-badam, जंगली बादाम jangli-badam • Kannada: taree • Marathi: बादाम badam, बंगाली बादाम bengali badam • Sanskrit: बाताम batam, ingudi, tailaphala • Tamil: இங்குதி inguti, nattu-vadam, saraparuppu, vatha-kottai • Telugu: బాదము badamu;
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efloraofindia:”For Id 30092011MR3’’ ?Wild almond tree Pune:
?Wild almond tree leaves become fully red after a month or so. gets fruits which look like almonds Sep 2011
Pune Garden Tree Height 3-4 floors of a building Terminalia catappa. Family Combretaceae. Indian almond or tropical almond.
The tree shed leaves twice in a year, and change of colour of the leaves reminds the fall season in cold countries, when most of the trees (broad leaved) fall down after changing colour.
efloraofindia:”For Id 30102011MR4’’ wild plant with peculiar rectangular leaves Pune: Date/Time-Oct 2011
Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
Height/Length- about 3 cms
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green rectangular about 5cms by 2.5 cms
no flowers or fruits seen … new shoot of saplings are interesting, like the one you are showing. I think these are first leaves of the sapling of Terminalia catappa. Yes around my house there are many Terminalia catappa trees. This is really an interesting thread. I am proud that our members can id plants even in the stage of just two juvenile leaves 🙂 My boss can even id from fruits, passing through guts and coming out of butts from ungulates :P.. Even from terrestrial turtles….I always keep scratching my head, how he does it. I was talking abt … He is now at ICIMOD, Kathmandu
Almond for ID: Terminalia catappa L. of Combretaceae family. Yes, Terminalia catappa. Of course not to be confused with real almond or badam, which is Prunus amygalus Batsch (syn: p. dulcis (Mill.) Webb.) It is called Kaadu badami In kannada, in taste it is slightly bitter.
Terminalia catapa – Wild Badam – 090714 – RK : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Yes, excellent photos indeed.    Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Combretaceae- Terminalia catappa at Mumbai -PKA-DEC63: : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Terminalia catappa at Mumbai.
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Combretaceae : Terminalia catappa : Muscat : 20DEC14 : AK-56 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: December 11- 24,2014 SN 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Terminalia catappa L., cultivated ornamental tree, grows in hot climates also, native south east Asia
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight :: Combretaceae :: Terminalia catappa :: Mumbai :: ARKDEC-13 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
Attached are pictures of Terminalia catappa growing by the roadside in Mumbai in September 2012.
We as children used to collect the fruits fallen on the ground early morning and eat them just so that we could eat the seeds inside the tough kernel. Very true … One of my favorite fruits. Are the seeds edible? Yes, … We used to eat them thinking that they were really ‘बदाम’, for us children, they were thinner बदामs
Goa, May 2015 :: Requesting ID of this tree :: ARKJUL-07/07 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Requesting to please ID this big tree growing in a cultivated garden in Goa in May 2015.
Leaves looked like Terminalia catappa but were much larger. Also the branching pattern looked different.
Is this Terminalia catappa only? This is the Badam or Indian/ Bengal Almond tree [Terminalia catappa]. It is a native of the Moluccas and the Andaman Islands and is often cultivated in gardens. Yes, T.catappa     TSPDEC2015-06-179: Images of Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae) Habit: Tree Habitat: Cultivated Sighting: Tumkur, Karnataka, about 800 msl Date: 24-05-2014, 14-12-2014, 21-12-2014 and 09-01-2015 so it flowers in may and fruits in december? very nice close ups of flowers
ID Extremely urgent : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) … the ornamental, Florida fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum. Sorry, I am mistaking, … Let us wait for the ID. Must be Indian almond tree, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia catappa L.
Combretaceae     Location: New Town Eco Park, Kolkata, India
Date: 10 September 2017
Elevation : 25 ft.
Terminalia catappa.
Thank you … Terminalia catappa L. Thanks, … I also agree.    TERMINALIA CATAPPA : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Attaching three images of Terminalia catappa (INDIAN ALMOND) yes and wonderful. the winter red leaves, love it . . Terminalia chebula from J P Nagar, Bangalore-GS30012022-2: 6 high res. images.
Terminalia chebula photographed from J P Nagar, Bangalore, 21-9-2015. I think Terminalia catappa Terminalis catappa. Plenty of these tree around my house on the streets. Terminalia catappa . Terminalia for ID from Kaikondrahalli lake Bangalore-GS31012022-3: 4 high res. images.
Terminalia for ID photographed from Kaikondrahalli lake Bangalore, 19-9-2015. Terminalia catappa
Terminalia catappa- Desi Badam, Indian almond, Bengal almond, Singapore almond , Malabar almond, Tropical almond, Sea almond, and Umbrella tree – indiantreepix | Google Groups – This one is Terminalia catappa (Desi Badam, Indian Almond), commonly planted as an ornamental, and the nuts are edible. – Terminalia catappa. Jungli badam . Terminalia for ID from Alsoor Lake, Bangalore-GS31012022-2: 2 high res. images. For me it is T.catappa, Sorry …, these are the only two images I have. To me also looks close to images at Terminalia catappa .
. Combretaceae: Terminalia catappa: 2 high res. images.
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