Terminalia oblonga Steud.

Peruvian almond (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Terminalia

Characteristics

Tree up to 50 m, probably briefly deciduous, with simple buttresses up to 5 m high and 1.5 m wide. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-or elliptic-obovate or-oblanceolate, 6-20(-25) x 4-7(-10) cm, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base cuneate (usually narrowly so), sparsely pubescent above and densely so below when young, glabrous or sparsely pubescent only on main veins at maturity; domatia absent; venation brochidodromous to eucamptodromous-brochididromous, midvein stout to moderate, prominent, secondary veins 5-7 pairs, distant, originating at widely acute angles, curved, prominent, inter-secondary veins usually present, tertiary veins randomly reticulate or sometimes weakly percurrent; higher order veins distinct or not; areolation well developed to imperfect, prominent or not.; petiole 0.2-2(-5) cm long, glabrous to pubescent, eglandular or occasionally biglandular. Inflorescence 9-17 cm long, simple, with flowers small, numerous, crowded and all bisexual; peduncle 1-3 cm long, densely pubescent; rhachis 8-14 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers 5-merous, 2.5-4 x 3-4 mm; lower hypanthium 1.5-2.5 mm long, pubescent to densely so, upper hypanthium campanulate, 1-2 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes revolute, 0.8-1.5 mm long, pubescent; stamens 3-5 mm long; disk pubescent; style 2-4 mm long, densely villous for at least basal half, sometimes almost so to apex. Infructescence with fruits often disposed along whole length of rhachis; fruit subglabrous at maturity, 1-2.5(-3) x 2-4(-5.5) cm, flattened, transversely elliptic in side view, apex usually emarginate, base truncate or very obtuse, pseudostipe 0.5-3 mm long, wings 2, fairly stiff, equal, 0.8-2.5(-3) cm wide, rounded to narrowly rounded or rarely pointed laterally, body 0.4-0.8 cm wide, ridged on one face, flat or depressed on other.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 31.5 - 39.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy and emergent tree in humid sub-montane and flood plains forests in Bolivia. It grows in well-drained alluvial soils of lowlands and coastal plains.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
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Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Terminalia oblonga leaf picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)
Terminalia oblonga leaf picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)
Terminalia oblonga leaf picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Terminalia oblonga world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Terminalia oblonga threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171280-1
WFO ID wfo-0000408783
COL ID 55GB7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 733066
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Synonyms

Terminalia oblonga Terminalia chiriquensis Chuncoa diptera Chuncoa oblonga Gimbernatea oblonga Terminalia tarapotensis Myrobalanus oblonga