Terminalia mollis M.A.Lawson

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Terminalia

Characteristics

Small tree 5–13(–20) m. high; bark blackish grey, fissured; branchlets densely tomentose, with grey-brown to dark grey-brown bark becoming softly and thickly corky with age.. Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina subcoriaceous, narrowly elliptic to elliptic or obovate-oblong, 16–37 cm. long, 7–19 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded or occasionally acute, base obtuse to rounded or occasionally subcordate, densely tomentose, brownish when dried; lateral nerves (7–)15–18 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole 3.5–5 cm. long, stout.. Inflorescences of axillary spikes 8–17 cm. long; peduncles 1–2 cm. long, densely tomentose.. Flowers cream, greenish white or pinkish, strong smelling, tomentose.. Fruit pale yellowish green, oblong to broadly elliptic, 6.5–12 cm. long, 2.5–5.5 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded, emarginate, apical peg sometimes present, base acute to subtruncate, densely velutinous; stipe 5–7 mm. long.. Cotyledons 2, with petioles 2–2.5 cm. long, arising below soil-level.
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Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina 16–37 x 7–19 cm., subcoriaceous, elliptic to obovate-oblong, densely brownish-tomentose (when dried), apex obtuse to rounded or sometimes acute, base obtuse to rounded or occasionally subcordate; lateral nerves 7–18 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole 3·5–5 cm. long, stout.
Deciduous tree 5–13(20) m. high; crown rounded to flat-rounded; bark blackish-grey, deeply fissured; branchlets densely tomentose with grey-brown to dark-grey-brown bark becoming softly and thickly corky with age.
Cotyledons 2, 10–16 x 20–25 mm., transversely elliptic to subreniform with petioles 2–2·5 cm. long arising below soil level.
Lower receptacle densely tomentose; upper receptacle sparsely tomentose, ± glabrous towards the apex.
Fruit pale-yellowish-green, 6·5–12 x 2·5–5·5 cm., densely velutinous, stipe 5–7 cm. long.
Inflorescences of axillary spikes 8–17 cm. long; peduncle 1–2 cm. long.
Flowers cream or greenish-white or pinkish, strong-smelling.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 13.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 2.1
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fuel material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison
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Images

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Distribution

Terminalia mollis world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Terminalia mollis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171250-1
WFO ID wfo-0000408852
COL ID 7BRWB
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Synonyms

Terminalia mollis Myrobalanus mollis Terminalia suberosa Terminalia torulosa Terminalia spekei Terminalia kerstingii Terminalia glandulosa Terminalia mildbraedii Terminalia dewevrei