Terminalia muelleri Benth.

Tree to 10 (–18) m high, deciduous. Branchlets appressed pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves crowded; lamina obovate, 5–15 cm long, 2.5–8 cm wide, c. 1.4–3 times as long as wide, attenuate at base, obtuse or obtusely acuminate at apex, discolorous, becoming almost glabrous; domatia often present and conspicuous; petiole 2–25 mm long. Spike open, usually longer than leaves. Flowers 3–5 mm long, c. 6 mm diam. Calyx tube appressed pubescent outside; lobes triangular, c. 2 mm long and wide. Staminal filaments c. 3 mm long. Disc villous. Style glabrous. Mature fruit ovoid or ellipsoidal, sometimes shortly beaked, 1.2–2 cm long, 0.8–1.5 cm diam., succulent, smooth, purple or black; immature fruit similar in shape or somewhat compressed.

A tropical plant. They grow in the lowland rainforest in NE Queensland in Australia. It suits monsoonal climates. They favour sunny places. They grow in areas with high summer rainfall. They can be near sea level behind the sand dunes. It grows from sea level to 100 m above sea level. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.

Grown in gardens and parks (Beasley 2009: 194).

Plants can be grown by fresh seeds.