Terminalia arostrata Ewart & O.B.Davies

Tree to 12 m high, deciduous. Branchlets pendulous, pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves sometimes crowded; lamina obovate, 3–10 (–13) cm long, usually 1.5–3.5 cm wide, 1.2–4 times as long as wide, markedly attenuate at base, obtuse or retuse at apex, concolorous, subglabrous; domatia small, irregularly distributed; petiole c. 10–60 mm long. Spike open, about as long as leaves. Flowers c. 5 mm diam., bisexual and male flowers 3–8 mm long. Calyx glabrous outside, sparsely villous inside; lobes deltoid, 2–3 mm long and wide. Staminal filaments c. 3 mm long. Disc villous. Style glabrous. Mature fruit globular, almost or quite beakless, 1.5–2.5 cm diam., succulent, smooth, dark purple or black; immature fruit beaked, often with 2–7 longitudinal ridges. [The above description from the Flora of Australia Volume 18 by Pedley (1990) requires revision as the treatment included Terminalia savannicola as a synonym of T. arostrata but T. savannicola is now a recognised species-Editor, 18 August 2021.]

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It occurs naturally in the Northern Territory and in Western Australia in Australia. It occurs in woodland in dry regions often in sandy soils. It prefers light to medium soils. It needs well drained soils. It suits an open sunny position. It is drought resistant. It is damaged by frost. It grows in areas with a temperature between 22°-38° C and a rainfall of 400-650 mm. It grows in acid soils with a pH between 5-6. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.

The kernel of the fruit is edible. The tree is a moderately nutritive and palatable fodder.

Plants are grown from fresh seed. Seed is slow to start to grow.