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Terminalia laxiflora Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Terminalia

Characteristics

Small tree up to 10 m. high; bark dark grey, deeply fissured.. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic or oblong-elliptic or broadly oblanceolate, (13.5–)16–22(–30) cm. long, 4.5–9.5 cm. wide, apex rounded to obtuse or shortly acuminate, base obtuse to cuneate, glabrous or rarely tomentosebeneath; lateral nerves 10–15 pairs; petiole 2.8–3.4 cm. long.. Inflorescences of lateral spikes 9–12.5 cm. long; peduncle 1.7–2.2 cm. long, glabrous to densely tomentose.. Flowers white; lower receptacle glabrous to densely tomentose; upper receptacle glabrous or sparsely pilose at the base.. Fruit yellowish brown, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5.7–8 cm. long, 2.6–3.5 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded, somewhat emarginate; apical peg often present; stipe 1–1.2 cm. long.
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A tree. It grows 10 m tall. The bark is grey and deeply cracked. The leaves have long leaf stalks but the leaves vary in shape. The leaves are arranged in spirals and are narrowly oval. They are 16-22 cm long by 4.5-9.5 cm wide. The flower spikes are 9-12.5 cm long. The fruit are yellowish brown. They are 6-8 cm long by 2.5-3.5 cm wide.
Rather similar to above (Terminalia macroptera) and sometimes growing in the same communities with it
Leaves variable in shape and indumentum but always long-petiolate.
Savannah tree, to 36 ft. high
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food fuel material medicinal poison
Edible leaves
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Distribution

Terminalia laxiflora world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Terminalia laxiflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171199-1
WFO ID wfo-0000408780
COL ID 55G8Y
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Synonyms

Terminalia schweinfurthii Terminalia laxiflora Terminalia sokodensis Terminalia roseo-grisea Terminalia elliotii
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