Terminalia buceras (L.) C.Wright

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Terminalia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 15-17.6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 17.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 2-3
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-7

Usage

Uses charcoal material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -45
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Terminalia buceras world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America

Conservation status

Terminalia buceras threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171012-1
WFO ID wfo-0001296365
COL ID 55G39
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 636975
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Synonyms

Bucida buceras Bucida ophiticola Bucida palustris Bucida subinermis Myrobalanus buceras Terminalia buceras Buceras bucida