Terminalia polyantha C.Presl

Small tree. Young branchlets slender, at first pubescent, soon glabrescent. Leaves alternate or subopposite, chartaceous or papyraceous, sometimes tomentose when very young, usually sparsely pubescent or glabrous, sometimes tomentose on the midrib and principal nerves beneath, minutely ver-ruculose above, rather obscurely pellucid-punctate, ovate, ovate-ellptic, elliptic or suborbicular, 3-8 by 1½-5 cm, usually somewhat acuminate and acute at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base; nerves 6-8 pairs; petiole tomentose or pubescent, 5-10 mm. Flowers sessile, probably all hermaphrodite, in terminal and axillary panicles 3-10 cm long; rhachides densely patent or appressed pubescent. Bracts minute, caducous. Lower receptacle (ovary) viscid, glabrous, 1-2 mm long; upper receptacle cupuliform glabrous or nearly glabrous outside, pubescent inside, 1-½ by 1½-2 mm. Calyx-lobes very short, pubescent on the margins. Filaments glabrous 3 mm; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long. Disk pilose. Style glabrous, 3 mm. Fruit usually glabrous, generally 4-winged (rarely 2-, 3-or 5-winged), elliptic al or suborbicular in outline, 8-15 by 7-12 mm (incl. wings).

A small tree of dry thickets and secondary forests at low and medium altitudes.

Uses. Wood employed for general house construction and for parts protected from the weather. Relatively rare ( Reyes Commonw. Philip. Dept Agr. Techn. Bull. 7 1938 367 Brief comments ).

Can be grown by seedlings.