Terminalia archipelagi Coode

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Terminalia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 55 m tall. The trunk is straight and is 45-80 cm across. The first branches may be 18-20 m above the ground. It can have buttresses up to 1 m tall. The leaves are clustered at the ends of branches. The leaves are simple and arranged in spirals. The leaves are 20-26 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. The flowering shoots are in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 6-8 cm long. There is one seed 2-3 cm long. It has wings.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.45 - 0.8
Mature height (meter) 47.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. It occurs in Morobe Province, New Britain, New Ireland and Manus. It grows in dense lowland forests.
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A canopy or emergent tree in lowland, dense, primary rain forest, where it can be locally dominant.
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Usage

Uses material social use wood
Edible nuts
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Conservation status

Terminalia archipelagi threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:170956-1
WFO ID wfo-0000406987
COL ID 55FZK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Terminalia archipelagi